Davis v. City of Las Vegas
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Davis v. City of Las Vegas, 478 F.3d 1048 (9th Cir. 2007), was a case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit determined whether a Las Vegas, Nevada police officer utilized excessive force when making an arrest.[1]
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Davis v. City of Las Vegas | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Argued | October 19 2006 |
Decided | February 28 2007
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Citation(s) | 478 F.3d 1048 (2007) |
Case history | |
Prior history | United States District Court for the District of Nevada |
Holding | |
Police officer not entitled to qualified immunity for "swinging a handcuffed man into a wall head-first multiple times and then punching him in the face while he lay face-down on the ground, and breaking his neck as a result" | |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | Stephen Reinhardt, Sidney Runyan Thomas, Judges; John T. Noonan, Jr., Senior Judge |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Reinhardt, joined by Noonan, Thomas |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. IV |
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