Legal Opinion
Thompson v. City of Monticello, Ark.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 6, 2018No. 16-4080PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Circuit Judge.
Former City of Monticello, Arkansas, police officer Ray Singleton appeals after the district court 1 denied his request for qualified immunity at summary judgment in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging he used excessive force against Sheldon Thompson.
I. Background
The following facts are undisputed. In the early morning hours of December 12, 2010, Thompson was walking to his home in Monticello, Arkansas. He was drunk, but he was accompanied by another adult male, Carl Tyson, Jr., as well as his teenaged nephew, Tajah Hicks. Singleton saw Thompson, Tyson, and Hicks from…
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