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Davis v. City of Las Vegas

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided February 27, 2007No. 04-17284PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge.

Once again we confront the question whether a police officer’s use of force during the arrest of an unarmed citizen was sufficiently excessive to violate the citizen’s clearly-established constitutional rights. Officer David Miller of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded to a call from the Las Vegas Club Hotel & Casino informing him that security personnel had encountered Frankie Davis reading a magazine in an area of the Casino not open to the public. After Davis, who had been handcuffed by Casino employees and remained handcuffed throughout…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Hope v. PelzerSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  3. Siegert v. GilleySupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Wilson v. LayneSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  5. Kathleen Hansen v. Ronald L. BlackCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989

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  1. Davis v. City of Las VegasCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007

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