Legal Opinion
Beaver v. City of Federal Way
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided August 31, 2007No. C05-1938-JPDPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JAMES P. DONOHUE, United States Magistrate Judge.
The issue presented in this case is at what point, if at all, do multiple Taser applications against a suspect constitute excessive force? After being “tased” five times during the course of his arrest for residential burglary, plaintiff Rickey Beaver sued defendants Douglas Laird and Heather Castro, two Federal Way police officers, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that Officer Laird used excessive force in making the arrest and that Officer Castro failed to protect Mr. Beaver from such force. A three day non-jury…
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