Legal Opinion
Troy Rokusek v. Cody Jansen
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 8, 2018No. 17-3203PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
South Dakota State Trooper Cody Jansen appeals the district court's 1 denial of summary judgment on Troy Rokusek's claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . The district court determined that Trooper Jansen was not entitled to qualified immunity because the evidence, construed in Rokusek's favor, showed that Jansen violated his clearly established right to be free from excessive force. We affirm.
On the night of April 14, 2015, Jansen arrested Rokusek for driving while impaired and transported him to a garage at the courthouse in Clay County, South Dakota. Once there, Jansen…
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