Legal Opinion
Gregory v. County of Maui
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 29, 2008No. 06-15374PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether police officers used excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment in attempting to restrain an individual.
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On December 2, 2002, Richard Gregory and a friend were guests in a music studio operated by Vincent Finazzo and Jason Fuqua in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. Finazzo and Fuqua were playing music and working on new songs, and they eventually decided to leave the studio and asked Gregory to do the same. Gregory, however, had taken interest in a guitar he found and insisted on staying. An exchange soon became heated, as Gregory took on an…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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