Kingsley v. Hendrickson
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Kingsley v. Hendrickson, 576 U.S. 389 (2015), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held in a 5–4 decision that a pretrial detainee must prove only that force used by police is excessive according to an objective standard, not that a police officer was subjectively aware that the force used was unreasonable.
Quick Facts Kingsley v. Hendrickson, Argued April 27, 2015 Decided June 22, 2015 ...
Kingsley v. Hendrickson | |
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Argued April 27, 2015 Decided June 22, 2015 | |
Full case name | Michael B. Kingsley, Petitioner v. Stan Hendrickson, et al. |
Docket no. | 14-6368 |
Citations | 576 U.S. 389 (more) 135 S. Ct. 2466; 192 L. Ed. 2d 416 |
Related cases | Bell v. Wolfish |
Argument | Oral argument |
Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
Case history | |
Prior | Kingsley v. Josvai, 10-cv-832-bbc (W.D. Wis 2011); Kingsley v. Hendrickson, 744 F.3d 443 (7th Cir. 2014); cert. granted, 135 S. Ct. 1039 (2015). |
Subsequent | On remand, 801 F.3d 828 (7th Cir. 2015). |
Holding | |
A pretrial detainee's claim of the use of excessive force by a police officer must prove only that the force was objectively unreasonable, not necessarily prove that the officer thought the force was excessive. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed and remanded. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Breyer, joined by Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan |
Dissent | Scalia, joined by Roberts, Thomas |
Dissent | Alito |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV |
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