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151854P.pdf   07/19/2016  Kim Shultz  v.  Bryan Buchanan
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-1854
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Batesville   
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Wollman and Melloy, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Civil rights. The defendant police officer entered plaintiff's home without a warrant to provide emergency assistance or protect a person from injury and the officer was entitled to qualified immunity on plaintiff's claim that the entry violated his civil rights; on plaintiff's claim that defendant used excessive force to secure plaintiff's arrest, it was not clear on the date of the incident that an officer violated the rights of an arestee by applying force that caused only de minimus injury, and the officer was entitled to qualified immunity on the claim; City was entitled to dismissal of plaintiff's claim the City maintained an unconstitutional policy, as plaintiff failed to present evidence that the City's policy directed the officer to act unconstitutionally or otherwise caused a deprivation of plaintiff's rights.