Legal Opinion
Housley v. Holquist
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided August 30, 2011No. Civil No. L-10-1881PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
BENSON EVERETT LEGG, District Judge.
The Plaintiffs, Michael and Leah Housley, contend that three officers of the Anne Arundel County Police Department (the “AAPD”) unlawfully entered their home and used excessive force when attempting to extract Mrs. Housley, who had been identified as a potential suicide risk, from her house and return her to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. Mr. Housley, who refused to allow the officers into the house and claimed to have a gun, sues for injuries he sustained when he was placed in a chokehold, pepper sprayed, “tased,” and shot in the left…
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