Legal Opinion
Geist v. Ammary
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 22, 2014No. Civil Action No. 11-07532PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
STENGEL, District Judge.
This is a § 1983 action against a police officer and the City of Allentown brought by Victoria Geist on behalf of her daughter, Keshana Wilson. The plaintiffs excessive force claim and failure-to-train claim stem from a school police officer tasing Ms. Wilson in the groin. Much of the incident is caught on a security tape. The defendant has filed a motion for sum*471mary judgment. For the following reasons, I will deny this motion.
I. BACKGROUND1
Victoria Geist is the mother of Keshana Wilson, who was fourteen years old at the time of the alleged incident.2 At that…
2Cases cited55 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- West v. AtkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Klein v. MadisonDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2019
- Martin v. City of ReadingDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2015
- Ward v. NoonanDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2015
- Guthrie v. GuthrieDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2016
- Lori Wash. ex rel. J.W. v. Katy Indep. Sch. Dist.District Court, S.D. Texas · 2019
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