Legal Opinion
City of Escondido v. Emmons
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 7, 2019No. 17-1660PublishedCited by 634 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*501 PER CURIAM.
The question in this qualified immunity case is whether two police officers violated clearly established law when they forcibly apprehended a man at the scene of a reported domestic violence incident.
The record, viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, shows the following. In April 2013, Escondido police received a 911 call from Maggie Emmons about a domestic violence incident at her apartment. Emmons lived at the apartment with her husband, her two children, and a roommate, Ametria Douglas. Officer Jake Houchin responded to the scene and eventually helped take a…
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