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Kingsley v. Hendrickson, No. 14-6368 (U.S. Supreme Court) (576 U.S. ___; 135 S.Ct. 2466) (June 22, 2015) (Justice Breyer)

The Petitioner in this case, Michael Kingsley, was a pretrial detainee in a Wisconsin county jail, waiting trial on some drug charges. One day, he got into a dispute with two jail officers, who handcuffed him, forcibly removed him from his cell, and later used a taser on him. Kingsley ...

 

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