Legal Opinion
Ramon A. Mercado v. City of Orlando
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 29, 2005No. 04-13477PublishedCited by 328 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SILER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Ramon A. Mercado appeals the grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants City of Orlando (“Orlando”), and police officers Ramfis Padilla and Christina Rouse on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims for the use of excessive force when detaining him and preventing him from committing suicide. 1 For the following reasons, we REVERSE and REMAND on the issue of qualified immunity with respect to Padilla and AFFIRM on all other issues.
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In 2002, Mercado and his wife, Ibis, had a heated argument, during which Ibis told Mercado that she wanted to end their marriage and…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- 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
- Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- City of Canton v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Hope v. PelzerSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
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3Cited by328 opinions
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- Goebert v. Lee CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007
- Laura Skop v. City of Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007
- Keating v. City of MiamiCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
- Walter Melton v. David AbstonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016
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