McKendry-Verhunce v. Wozniak
McKendry-Verhunce v. Wozniak
Trial Court Opinion
1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 kee 4 RYAN ROSS MCKENDRY-VERHUNCE, Case No. 3:22-CV-00524-ART-CLB 5 Plaintiff, 6 y AMENDED SCREENING ORDER
7 RPD OFFICER STEVE WOZNIAK, et. al., 8 Defendants. 9 10 On August 2, 2023, the Court screened Plaintiff Ryan Ross McKendry-Verhunce’s 11} (“McKendry-Verhunce’) pro se civil rights complaint, (ECF No. 1-1), and determined that 12 | this case could proceed on a single excessive force claim against Defendants RPD Officers Steve Wozniak (“Wozniak”) and Nick Griebel (“Griebel”) (collectively referred to as “Defendants”) pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment. (ECF No. 9.) However, as this case arises from allegations of excessive force that took place during McKendry- Verhunce’s arrest, the excessive force claim cannot proceed pursuant to the Fourteenth 17 | Amendment, which applies only to excessive force allegations that arise during a plaintiffs pretrial detention. See Kingsley v. Hendrickson,
576 U.S. 389, 396-97 19 (2015). Rather, a claim related to excessive force that occurs during an arrest must 20 | proceed pursuant to the Fourth Amendment. See Graham v. Connor,
490 U.S. 386, 388(1989). Therefore, the Screening Order, (ECF No. 9), is amended to reflect that 22 | McKendry-Verhunce’s single excessive force claim will proceed against Defendants 23 | pursuant to the Fourth Amendment. All other aspects of the Screening Order, (ECF No. 24 9), remain the same and are unchanged by this order. 25 IT IS SO ORDERED. 26 DATED: October 4, 2023. . 27 28 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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