U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jason Green v. Kenny Perkins
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- David William McKeague
- Filed
- Feb. 10, 2026
- Case
- Jason Green v. Kenny Perkins
- Case status
- Decided
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 26a0079n.06 Case No. 25-5690 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Feb 10, 2026 ) JASON GREEN, KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk ) Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ) ON APPEAL FROM THE v. ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT ) COURT FOR THE WESTERN KENNY PERKINS and JOEY KEITH, individually ) DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY as Deputy Sheriffs for the Adair County Sheriff’s Department, ) ) Defendants-Appellants. ) OPINION BEFORE: McKEAGUE, GRIFFIN, and THAPAR, Circuit Judges. McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge. Following a dispute with his mother, Jason Green splashed gasoline on himself, and his mother called 911. She reported that Green was high on drugs, carrying a gasoline container, and spreading gasoline everywhere. But that was not all—she also reported that Green had a lighter. Supplied only with that information, Deputies Joey Keith and Kenny Perkins were dispatched to the scene. And when they arrived, they encountered Green in a dark backyard, where he doused himself with gasoline. Keith and Perkins deployed their tasers in an effort to subdue Green, causing the gasoline to ignite and leaving Green with severe burns. He brought federal and state law claims agains…
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