5/24/2023 0 Comments Graham v connor![]() On November 12, 1984, Graham, a diabetic, felt the onset of an insulin reaction. Because the case comes to us from a decision of the Court of Appeals affirming the entry of a directed verdict for respondents, we take the evidence hereafter noted in the light most favorable to petitioner. § 1983, petitioner Dethorne Graham seeks to recover damages for injuries allegedly sustained when law enforcement officers used physical force against him during the course of an investigatory stop. We hold that such claims are properly analyzed under the Fourth Amendment's "objective reasonableness" standard, rather than under a substantive due process standard. ![]() ![]() This case requires us to decide what constitutional standard governs a free citizen's claim that law enforcement officials used excessive force in the course of making an arrest, investigatory stop, or other "seizure" of his person. Avery III, Special Deputy Attorney General, and Linda Anne Morris, Assistant Attorney General, filed a brief for the State of North Carolina as amicus curiae urging affirmance.ĬHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court. Thornburg, Attorney General of North Carolina, Isaac T. Gerald Beaver argued the cause for petitioner. Argued FebruDecided May 15, 1989ĬERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
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