Legal Opinion

Aldini v. Johnson

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided June 29, 2010No. 09-3183, 09-3258PublishedCited by 144 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

This is a 42 U.S.C. § 1988 excessive force case brought against four corrections officers at the Montgomery County, Ohio jail. Louis Aldini, Jr. was beaten and repeatedly tased by several officers, allegedly including Officers Steven Leopold, Joshua Kaczmarek, and Dustin Johnson and Sgt. Troy Bodine. The beating occurred while Aldini was being held in the booking room pending a completion of the booking process but after he had been surrendered to the jailers by his arresting officer. After discovery, all four defendant officers moved for summary…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Pearson v. CallahanSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  3. Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Whitley v. AlbersSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by144 opinions

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