Novitsky v. City of Aurora

HENRY, Circuit Judge.

This 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action arises out of an encounter between Sergey Novitsky and City of Aurora, Colorado police officers Michael Wortham and Paul Marshall. While responding to a “man down” call, the officers discovered Mr. Novitsky lying in the fetal position in the backseat of a parked vehicle. When Mr. Novitsky was exiting the vehicle, Officer Wortham grasped his hand in an arrest control technique known as a “twist lock,” and, almost immediately, observed a handgun in Mr. Novitsky’s front right pants pocket. After confiscating the handgun and issuing a municipal…