police-force

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-823 Benjamin Benfer v. City of Baytown, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-02-03 Denied Response Waived circuit-split due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment police-force qualified-immunity Whether the Fourth Amendment can countenance an extended bite by a police attack dog where no adequate warning was given, and the suspect was unarmed …
19-292 Roxanne Torres v. Janice Madrid, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-09-04 Judgment Issued Amici (13)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) apprehension circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-law detention excessive-force fourth-amendment physical-force police-force seizure Is an unsuccessful attempt to detain a suspect by use of physical force a 'seizure' within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment?