Legal Opinion
Danelle Hollingsworth v. City of St. Ann
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 3, 2015No. 14-1583PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
Danelle Hollingsworth was detained for booking at the police station in St. Ann, Missouri, after an arrest for stealing wine coolers from a convenience store at a gas station. When she refused a directive from police and corrections officers to change from her street clothes into an orange jumpsuit, a police officer stunned her with a Taser device to encourage compliance.
Hollingsworth later brought this action against the police officer, two corrections officers, and the City of St. Ann, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. She alleged that police officer Robert McCallum…
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