Jail detainee died from methamphetamine overdose, jury could find that nurse who failed to
render any treatment was deliberately indifferent to need for medical attention but not
that deputies acted unconstitutionally; plaintiff not required to prove that nurse was
aware that detainee had ingested lethal dose of meth if need for medical attention
based on severe symptoms was obvious even to non-medical professionals.
Pointing firearm at suspect
who was not actively resisting, pursuant to officer’s belief suspect was obstructing
investigation of domestic dispute, would violate clearly established law regarding
excessive force.
Due Process Clause requires prompt post-seizure hearing for personal vehicle seized because of alleged connection to crime or public nuisance, two weeks is appropriate time frame for hearing.
Reasonable officer would not have had reason to believe that suspect fleeing in his vehicle because of a warrant for his arrest posed a threat of serious physical harm to officers or others where suspect was driving very slowly and braking to comply with officer's orders to stop, officer was either not in the path of the vehicle or could easily have stepped away, and none of the officers involved saw suspect drive in a reckless or dangerous manner; officer's use of deadly force by shooting at suspect in his vehicle violated suspect's Fourth Amendment rights; no qualified immunit
Fact that particular officer did not physically perform arrest at issue did not preclude officer from obligation, under Michigan law, to ensure arrestee received probable cause hearing; fact that multiple police officers were involved in arrest did not constitute extraordinary circumstances that could merit detention of arrestee past 48 hours without probable cause hearing.
Pretrial detainee in sickle cell crisis was not transported to hospital, but strapped in restraint chair with minimal observation and died four hours later; crisis was objectively serious medical need; issue of fact as to whether nurse acted recklessly in failing to send detainee to E.R.
Coordinated raids by county and town officers on 23 stores for selling CBD, despite fact it was legal under both state and federal law; district court dismissed conspiracy claim against county defendants on ground they were not sufficient “personally involved” in some aspects of investigation; in good discussion of conspiracy liability, court rejects “personal involvement” requirement.
In outrageous qualified immunity decision, court denies absolute immunity but affords qualified immunity to prosecutor who redacted exculpatory information from exoneree’s file, thus interfering with his access to courts claim, because it was not clearly established that redacting exculpatory evidence in response to a public records request violated constitutional or statutory law.
Sickle cell crisis was objectively serious medical need; fact issues precluded summary judgment for nurse who failed to send detainee to ER and officer who failed complete required checks on detainee in restraint chair; other nurse’s conduct of failing to call doctor or perform further checks on detainee in restraint chair was not deliberate indifference.
In suit by children of wrongfully convicted father, court holds substantive due process right to family integrity is not implicated whenever a state deprives a child of interaction with parent through wrongful incarceration; claim requires that official act with culpable state of mind directed at family relationship.