Sammy Ussery v. Mansfield

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY and Senior Judge DAVIS joined.

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:

Sammy Ussery brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, maintaining that a team of correctional officers employed excessive force when they forcibly extracted him from his prison cell. The district court denied the officers’ motion for summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity.. The officers appeal and, for the reasons that follow, we affirm.

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The cell extraction at the center of this case occurred on July 9, 2008. At that time,…