GUPTA v. MELLOH

No. 19-2723.

19 F.4th 990 (2021)

Sachin GUPTA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Chad MELLOH and City of Indianapolis, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 6, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Waples , Attorney, Waples & Hanger, Indianapolis, IN, Raeanna Spahn , Attorney, Eskew Law LLC, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Adam S. Willfond , Attorney, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before KANNE, ROVNER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


In the process of arresting a highly inebriated Sachin Gupta, a police officer tugged on his handcuffed arm causing him to fall forward on his head and chest and fracture a vertebra in his neck. The officer asserts that he used a reasonable amount of force on a suspect who was resisting arrest. Gupta asserts that the use of...

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