Duke Grider v. B. Bowling

BYE, Circuit Judge.

Duke Grider (“Grider”) and Kami Lee Grider filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Missouri state law claiming officers of the Springfield Police Department violated Grider’s statutory and constitutional rights, in part by using excessive force. The parties' filed motions for summary judgment. As relevant to this appeal, the district court found Officer Brandon Bowling was not entitled to qualified immunity on the excessive force claim. Officer Bowling appeals. We reverse.

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Pursuant to the proper standard of review, described below, the following are the facts as…