171971P.pdf   03/27/2018  Terry Cravener  v.  Mike Shuster
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-1971
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Joplin   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Loken and Erickson, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Civil rights. The district court erred in denying the law 
   enforcement defendants' motion for summary judgment based on qualified 
   immunity; the three deputies knew plaintiff was a paranoid schizophrenic 
   who had not taken his medications, could potentially be dangerous, refused 
   repeated requests to go to the hospital or lie on his stomach to be 
   restrained, mimed shooting himself, took defensive positions and yelled 
   "shoot me;" based on these facts, they knew there was a reasonable 
   expectation that plaintiff would be aggressive and resistant; Deputy 
   Maggard did no more than cuff and shackle plaintiff, and his actions in 
   light of plaintiff's behavior, were entirely reasonable; Deputy Shuster 
   applied an arm lock that broke plaintiff's arm, and he used nunchucks to 
   obtain plaintiff's compliance; given plaintiff's refusal to obey 
   instructions and the deputy's attempts to limit the amount of force used, 
   the deputy's decision to use standard defensive tactics was reasonable; 
   while Deputy Calvin tased plaintiff five times, he did so only after 
   giving plaintiff warnings and attempting other less intrusive methods; 
   under the circumstances, his use of the taser was reasonable; even if it 
   was not, the deputy is entitled to qualified immunity because plaintiff 
   cannot show that a reasonable officer would have been on notice that his 
   conduct violated a clearly established right; the district court erred in 
   denying the deputies' motion for summary judgment based on qualified 
   immunity, and the matter is remanded.