64 Cited authorities

Ashcroft v. Al-Kidd
563 U.S. 731 (2011) Cited 9,054 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding that, to be clearly established, "existing precedent must have placed the statutory or constitutional question beyond debate"
Graham v. Connor
490 U.S. 386 (1989) Cited 25,423 times 26 Legal Analyses
Holding that the reasonableness of force deployed during an arrest is judged using the "facts and circumstances of each particular case" from the perspective of "a reasonable officer on the scene"
Rizzo v. Goode
423 U.S. 362 (1976) Cited 13,371 times
Holding that plaintiffs lacked standing to obtain injunctive relief against senior police officials to impose tighter police discipline to prevent harm to civilians
Hunter v. Bryant
502 U.S. 224 (1991) Cited 4,902 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that probable cause is assessed in relation to the facts possessed by the arresting officer at the time he made the warrantless arrest
Los Angeles v. Lyons
461 U.S. 95 (1983) Cited 7,557 times 13 Legal Analyses
Holding there is no justiciable controversy where plaintiff had once been subjected to a chokehold
Arizona v. Johnson
555 U.S. 323 (2009) Cited 2,031 times 17 Legal Analyses
Holding police may "detain an automobile and its occupants pending inquiry into a vehicular violation" without "addition[al] cause to believe any occupant ... is involved in criminal activity"
Allen v. Wright
468 U.S. 737 (1984) Cited 4,780 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding that, even when plaintiffs allege "one of the most serious injuries recognized in our legal system," it's not justiciable where "the chain of causation between the challenged Government conduct and the asserted injury are far too weak for the chain as a whole to sustain respondents' standing"
United States v. Hensley
469 U.S. 221 (1985) Cited 2,541 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding that "if police have a reasonable suspicion, grounded in specific and articulable facts, that a person they encounter was involved in or is wanted in connection with a completed felony, then a Terry stop may be made to investigate that suspicion"
O'Shea v. Littleton
414 U.S. 488 (1974) Cited 4,108 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that "[p]ast exposure to illegal conduct does not in itself show a present case or controversy regarding injunctive relief ... if unaccompanied by any continuing, present adverse effects"
Smith v. U.S.
561 F.3d 1090 (10th Cir. 2009) Cited 2,796 times
Holding a Bivens action not barred by the IACA
Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing
Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 Cited 348,503 times 930 Legal Analyses
Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Section 111 - Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees
18 U.S.C. § 111 Cited 2,660 times 10 Legal Analyses
Assaulting a federal officer or employee

Mocek v. City of Albuquerque et al

64 Cited authorities

Holding that, to be clearly established, "existing precedent must have placed the statutory or constitutional question beyond debate"

Holding that the reasonableness of force deployed during an arrest is judged using the "facts and circumstances of each particular case" from the perspective of "a reasonable officer on the scene"

Holding that plaintiffs lacked standing to obtain injunctive relief against senior police officials to impose tighter police discipline to prevent harm to civilians

Holding that probable cause is assessed in relation to the facts possessed by the arresting officer at the time he made the warrantless arrest

Holding there is no justiciable controversy where plaintiff had once been subjected to a chokehold

Holding police may "detain an automobile and its occupants pending inquiry into a vehicular violation" without "addition[al] cause to believe any occupant ... is involved in criminal activity"

Holding that "if police have a reasonable suspicion, grounded in specific and articulable facts, that a person they encounter was involved in or is wanted in connection with a completed felony, then a Terry stop may be made to investigate that suspicion"

Holding that "[p]ast exposure to illegal conduct does not in itself show a present case or controversy regarding injunctive relief ... if unaccompanied by any continuing, present adverse effects"

Holding a Bivens action not barred by the IACA

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Assaulting a federal officer or employee