Legal Opinion
Orem v. Rephann
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 28, 2008No. 07-1696PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge GREGORY wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge OSTEEN joined. Judge SHEDD wrote a separate concurring opinion.
OPINION
GREGORY, Circuit Judge:
On March 26, 2005, Sonja Orem (“Orem”) was arrested for disrupting and *444assaulting an officer after being served with a Family Protective Order (“FPO”). During her transport to a West Virginia regional jail, Deputy Matt Rephann (“Deputy Rephann”) twice tased Orem. Because Deputy Rephann’s use of the taser constituted excessive force in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, we affirm the district court’s denial of…
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