Mike Callahan

Full list of Mike Callahan results

• Fifth Circuit exonerates Texas corrections sergeant in alleged excessive force case

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  Sergeant found not liable after breaking inmate’s arm with a baton to end a violent struggle with officers

• Fifth Circuit: No qualified immunity for deputies who allegedly used excessive force against pre-trial detainee who died in cell

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  Court ruled a jury could find that punching the inmate in the face and applying pressure to her neck, back and legs after her resistance was controlled was excessive

• Use of force during attempted escape of convicted prisoners

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  The Eighth Amendment controls use of force outside prison walls

• Use of force on pretrial detainees: Constitutional amendment controls and constitutional standards

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  The Supreme Court’s Kingsley decision resolved a federal circuit split regarding an “objective reasonableness” standard vs. a “subjective intent” standard

• Use of force on convicted prisoners: Constitutional amendment controls and constitutional standards

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  The Supreme Court has ruled that legality of force directed at convicted prisoners by prison officials must include not only an analysis of the nature and degree of the force used, but also a review of the rationale and purpose for the use of force