FERGUSON v. McDONOUGH

No. 20-2741.

13 F.4th 574 (2021)

Joseph S. FERGUSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ryan McDONOUGH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 8, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Lang , Attorney, JUDGE, LANG & KATERS, LLC, Wauwatosa, WI, Ashok Chandran , Sherrilyn Arm I fill , Kevin Eli Jason , Janai S. Nelson , Attorneys, NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND, New York, NY, Christopher Eberhart Kemmitt , Mahogane Denea Reed , Attorneys, NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff Appellee.

Kyle W. Engelke , Pahoua Thao , Ted Waskowski , Attorneys, STAFFORD ROSENBAUM LLP, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Manion, St. Eve, and Kirsch, Circuit Judges.


Our jurisdiction over this interlocutory appeal turns on a police dashcam video that captured police officer Ryan McDonough's arrest of Joseph Ferguson, including the moment he tased Ferguson. Ferguson sued Officer McDonough under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Officer McDonough violated his Fourth Amendment rights by...

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