Legal Opinion
Ikerd v. Blair
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 12, 1996No. 95-31240PublishedCited by 155 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to determine whether the district court erred in granting a deputy sheriffs motion for judgment as a matter of law regarding an excessive use of force claim. We hold that the evidence viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff is sufficient for a reasonable fact finder to conclude that the deputy injured a ten-year-old girl when he violently and without cause jerked her out of a chair in the living room of her home and dragged her across the room by her arm. Accordingly, we find that a reasonable jury could conclude that the deputy…
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