Officer\u2019s use of slight force to get defendant out of the car when defendant refused did not make the action unreasonable. United States v. Jefferson, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 105629 (N.D. Ga. October 4, 2010)*:<\/p>\n
Police officers are authorized to use reasonable force to remove a person from a car in the face of even mild resistance by a driver. See United States v. Bradley, 2009 WL 4281260, at *3 n.5 (S.D. Ga. Nov. 5, 2009), adopted at 2009 WL 4348951, at *1 (N.D. Ga. Nov. 30, 2009) (police officer was \u201centitled to employ reasonable force to remove defendant from the vehicle\u201d once defendant failed to comply with the officer\u2019s lawful order that defendant exit the vehicle); United States v. Rookard, 2007 WL 2176895, at *6 (W.D.N.Y. July 27, 2007), adopted at *1 (police officer could physically remove defendant from the car after defendant repeatedly refused to comply with the officer’s orders to show his hands); United States v. Douglass, 467 F.3d 621, 622-623 (7th Cir. 2006) (police officer did not violate defendant\u2019s Fourth Amendment rights when, after defendant’s refusal to exit the car, the officer reached through the partially opened window of the car to physically remove defendant from the car).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
PA SPCA\u2019s lack of direct involvement in an animal cruelty raid by the government did not permit it to be sued under \u00a7 1983. Blank v. Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106142 (E.D. Pa. October 5, 2010).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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