Fordham v. Greenville Police Officer Doe Where plaintiff refused to comply with an officer’s instructions to get on the ground, the defendant police officer did not violate a clearly established constitutional right when he tasered plaintiff once. Defendants’ motion to dismiss is granted. Greenville police executed a search warrant of plaintiff’s home. Plaintiff’s friend, Monte Corey, answered the door. When he saw the police, Corey tried to keep the police out.

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Henry v. Purnell. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-01-0950, 36 pp.)  (Agee, J.) No. 08-7433, Sept. 24, 2010; USDC at Baltimore (Motz, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A Maryland deputy who reached for his Taser, but grabbed his Glock instead when he tried ...

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Three police officers from the Town of Clayton went to the home of the Hispanic plaintiff late at night in search of another Hispanic man who had run away from his probation officers. The officers unlawfully searched the curtilage of ...

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A U.S. Army soldier who was seriously wounded during a training exercise seven years ago in Moore County has settled a civil rights lawsuit against both the deputy who shot him and the sheriff’s department. The soldier, Stephen Phelps, filed ...

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