Legal Opinion
Katz v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 22, 1999No. 98-16298PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
Army Private Donald Saucier (“Saucier”), acting as a military police officer, arrested Elliot M. Katz (“Katz”) during a public event at the San Francisco Presidio. Katz was holding up a sign when he was arrested. According to Katz, Saucier and another officer grabbed him, tore the sign out of his hands, dragged him fifty feet, and violently tossed him into a van. Katz brought a Bivens action against Saucier and others for violations of his constitutional rights. See Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct.…
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- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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