Wolfe v. Routzahn

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PETER J. MESSITTE, District Judge.

Rodney Wolfe sued two Washington County sheriffs, Thomas Routzahn and Joel Footen (collectively, “Defendants”), for using excessive force when they arrested him, in violation of his rights pursuant to the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.1 After a six-day trial, a jury found that Routzahn applied excessive force, but that Footen did not. It awarded Wolfe no damages.

Pending before the Court are four motions:

• Routzahn’s Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict (Paper No. 130);

• Wolfe’s Motion for…