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Shelton v. Gravelet-Blondin

Supreme Court of the United States
Feb 24, 2014
571 U.S. 1199 (2014)

Summary

applying Fourth Amendment's objective reasonableness standard to excessive force claim by bystander upon whom police used a taser for not immediately complying with an officer's instruction to back away from the scene of an arrest

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Opinion

No. 13–691.

2014-02-24

Jeff SHELTON, et al., petitioners, v. Donald GRAVELET–BLONDIN, et ux.


Case below, 728 F.3d 1086.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.


Summaries of

Shelton v. Gravelet-Blondin

Supreme Court of the United States
Feb 24, 2014
571 U.S. 1199 (2014)

applying Fourth Amendment's objective reasonableness standard to excessive force claim by bystander upon whom police used a taser for not immediately complying with an officer's instruction to back away from the scene of an arrest

Summary of this case from Pajazetovic v. City of Utica
Case details for

Shelton v. Gravelet-Blondin

Case Details

Full title:Jeff SHELTON, et al., petitioners, v. Donald GRAVELET–BLONDIN, et ux.

Court:Supreme Court of the United States

Date published: Feb 24, 2014

Citations

571 U.S. 1199 (2014)
134 S. Ct. 1292
188 L. Ed. 2d 301
82 U.S.L.W. 3483

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