Officer faces liability for grabbing gun instead of Taser 
Published: August 26, 2011
Tags: civil rights, Excessive Force, Fourth Amendment, qualified immunity, Taser, §1983
A police officer may be liable for mistakenly shooting a suspect with a gun when she meant to subdue him with a Taser, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.
Officer settles civil rights suit alleging excessive force
Published: August 10, 2011
Tags: civil rights, Excessive Force, false arrest, Massachusetts
A Westport, Ma. police officer has settled a civil rights lawsuit filed against him by a man who alleged the officer falsely arrested him and used excessive force last year.
Excessive force suit settled for $650,000
Published: August 4, 2011
Tags: California, deputy, Excessive Force, police
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has agreed to pay $650,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging sheriff’s deputies used excessive force against two men arrested during a traffic stop.
Excessive force suit may be based on de minimis injury
Published: June 8, 2011
Tags: Excessive Force, Fourth Amendment, qualified immunity, §1983
A plaintiff may prove an unreasonable seizure based on officers’ excessive use of force without necessarily showing more than a de minimis injury, the 8th Circuit has ruled.
Police pay $1 million to family of choke hold victim
Published: May 24, 2011
Tags: Excessive Force, Nevada, police, wrongful death
A committee that oversees Metro Police finances this morning approved the department’s largest monetary settlement in more than two years to resolve an incident in which a man died after an officer used a “sleeper hold” on him.
County settles suit over jail operations
Published: May 10, 2011
Tags: ACLU, civil rights, Colorado, Excessive Force, prison
The Garfield County, Colo. Sheriff’s Office has settled a 5-year-old lawsuit in which the American Civil Liberties Union had accused it of inmate abuses including inappropriate use of force.
Denver pays $795,000 to settle brutality allegations
Published: May 4, 2011
Tags: Colorado, Excessive Force, police brutality
A man who says he was beaten by Denver police is getting $795,000 under a settlement with the city.
County pays $1.9 million to settle stun gun suit
Published: May 4, 2011
Tags: California, Excessive Force, police, stun gun
Marin County, Calif. has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit alleging sheriff’s deputies used excessive force when they repeatedly shocked a 66-year-old man with a stun gun at his home.
Injured party’s death abates §1983 claim
Published: May 3, 2011
Tags: civil rights, Excessive Force, survivorship statute, §1983
Under Alabama law, a §1983 excessive force claim abated where the injured party died before the lawsuit was filed, the 11th Circuit has ruled in reversing a jury verdict for the estate.
$150K settlement reached in false arrest lawsuit
Published: April 18, 2011
Tags: California, civil rights, Excessive Force, false arrest, probable cause, warrantless entry
A former San Carlos, Calif. resident has settled for $150,000 after suing two police officers who broke into his home with guns drawn after a minor car crash in 2003, his attorney said.
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