Excessive Force Case: Kingsley v. Hendrickson

The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted cert to an excessive force case out of the Seventh Circuit: Kingsley v. Hendrickson, 744 F.3d 443 (7th Cir. 2014), No. 14-6368, 2015. The issue is whether an objective or subjective standard of reasonableness applies in an excessive force case. In 2010, Michael Kingsley was a pretrial detainee at Monroe County… Read More