{"id":60995,"date":"2025-05-09T08:12:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=60995"},"modified":"2025-05-09T11:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:02:59","slug":"ca11-punching-subdued-arrest-showed-excessive-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=60995","title":{"rendered":"CA11: Punching subdued arrestee showed excessive force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Punching an arrestee in the head after he was subdued overcame qualified immunity. Jones v. Ceinski, 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 11181 (11th Cir. May 8, 2025).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn this case, undisputed facts support the conclusion that the officers used reasonable force to arrest the plaintiff, and that no reasonable factfinder could find for the plaintiff. \u2026 Both the severity of the crime at issue and the threat to the safety of others strongly support the conclusion that the officers used reasonable force in arresting the plaintiff. During the incident, it is uncontested that the plaintiff was experiencing a psychotic episode and was under the influence of narcotics. Both the severity of the crime at issue and the threat to the safety of others strongly support the conclusion that the officers used reasonable force in arresting the plaintiff. During the incident, it is uncontested that the plaintiff was experiencing a psychotic episode and was under the influence of narcotics.\u201d Sabino v. Port Auth. Police Dep&#8217;t, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 87654 (S.D.N.Y. May 7, 2025).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The facts dispute in this case involving the shooting a man in a psychotic break deny summary judgment. Winkley v. Blackwell, 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 11162 (5th Cir. May 8, 2025).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punching an arrestee in the head after he was subdued overcame qualified immunity. Jones v. Ceinski, 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 11181 (11th Cir. May 8, 2025).* \u201cIn this case, undisputed facts support the conclusion that the officers used reasonable force &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=60995\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-excessive-force","category-qualified-immunity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60995"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61000,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60995\/revisions\/61000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}