Proffitt v. Ridgway.

• Position: FAILURE TO PROTECT - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

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Proffitt v. Ridgway, 279 F.3d 503 (7th Cir. 2002). The estate of an arrestee brought a [section] 1983 action alleging excessive force on the part of a police officer and a private citizen. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants and the appeals court affirmed. The appeals court held that the death of the arrestee from a choke hold administered by a bystander, where the arresting officer made no effort to use deadly force against the arrestee, was not deliberate indifference. The appeals court noted that the officer could not...