HOOKS v. ATOKI

No. 19-6093.

983 F.3d 1193 (2020)

Antonio Dewayne HOOKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kayode ATOKI; Bethany Police Department; Oklahoma County Jail; Armor Correctional Health Services Inc.; Chris Harding, Bethany Police Officer, in his official and individual capacity; James Irby, Bethany Police Officer, in his official and individual capacity; John Whetsel, Sheriff, in his official and individual capacity; Dr. Jerry Childs, Oklahoma County Jail, Armor Correctional Health Inc., in his official and individual capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed December 29, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel S. Brookins ( Gordon D. Todd with him on the briefs), Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, for the Plaintiff-Appellant.

Carson C. Smith ( Robert S. Lafferrandre with him on the briefs), Pierce Couch Hendrickson Baysinger & Green, L.L.P., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for named Defendants-Appellees Chris Harding and James Irby, in their individual and official capacities as Bethany Police Officers.

Austin J. Young ( Sean P. Snider and Anthony C. Winter with him on the briefs), Johnson Hanan Vosler Hawthorne & Snider, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Defendants-Appellees Armor Correctional Health Services, Inc. and Jerry Childs, Jr., D.O.

Rodney J. Heggy ( Aaron Etherington with him on the briefs), Assistant District Attorneys, Oklahoma County District Attorney's Office, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Appellees-Defendants Kayode Atoki and Sheriff John Whetsel.

Antonio DeWayne Hooks also filed pro se briefing on his own behalf.

Before HARTZ, EBEL, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.


In this civil rights lawsuit, Antonio Dewayne Hooks alleges that Officers Chris Harding and James Irby of the Bethany, Oklahoma, Police Department used excessive force against him in the course of an arrest, and, separately, that Officer Kayode Atoki exhibited deliberate indifference by failing to intervene during a vicious...

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