Pullen v. House

OPINION AND ORDER

BARBARA B. CRABB, District Judge.

On March 16, 2011, defendant Colleen M. Michelson, an officer for the Madison Police Department, pulled over plaintiff Marvin Pullen to investigate possible child abuse by the mother of plaintiffs daughter. Plaintiff was not suspected of any wrongdoing and the mother was not in the car, which would suggest that the stop would be brief and uneventful. Instead, the stop became contentious and physical. After plaintiff faded to comply with some of Michelson’s orders, Michelson and defendant Cary House (another Madison police officer, who arrived…