1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 817 F.3d
  5. 817 F.3d 1198 (2016)
 

PEREA v. BACA

No. 14-2214.

817 F.3d 1198 (2016)

Merlinda PEREA; Francine Puentes, as co-personal representatives of the estate of Jerry Perea, and on behalf of the minor, B.P., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. APD Officer David BACA; APD Officer Andrew Jaramillo, Defendants-Appellants, and City of Albuquerque; Albuquerque City Police, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 4, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie M. Griffin , Deputy City Attorney, City of Albuquerque Legal Department, Albuquerque, NM, for Defendants-Appellants.

Santiago E. Juarez , Albuquerque, NM ( Cheryl K. McLean , Albuquerque, NM, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before LUCERO, HARTZ, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.

Jerry Perea died in 2011 after an incident involving Officers David Baca and Andrew Jaramillo. The district court denied Baca and Jaramillo qualified immunity against a Fourth Amendment excessive force claim, and they appealed. We hold that the officers' repeated tasering of Perea after he was subdued constituted excessive...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases