Legal Opinion
Jones v. City of Cincinnati
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 4, 2008No. 06-4528PublishedCited by 373 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
Defendants appeal the district court’s partial denial of their motion to dismiss Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment claims based on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 brought against them by representatives and relatives of Nathaniel Jones, a 350-pound 41-year old African American who died after Cincinnati police officers subdued and placed him under arrest. Because the defendants are not entitled to qualified immunity on the basis of the facts alleged in the complaint, we affirm.
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Because this is an appeal from the denial of a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss, the following…
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