U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
David McNair v. Collin Pratt
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Danny Julian Boggs
- Filed
- Sept. 3, 2025
- Case
- David McNair v. Collin Pratt
- Case status
- Decided
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0414n.06 Case No. 24-1362 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Sep 03, 2025 KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk ) DAVID MCNAIR, ) Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ON APPEAL FROM THE ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT v. ) COURT FOR THE WESTERN ) DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN COLLIN PRATT, ) Defendant-Appellant. ) OPINION ) Before: BOGGS, GIBBONS, and NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judges. BOGGS, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which NALBANDIAN, J., concurred. GIBBONS, J. (pp. 17–22), delivered a separate dissenting opinion. BOGGS, Circuit Judge. In 2019, Michigan prisoner David McNair was involved in an altercation with Corrections Officer Collin Pratt. The altercation ended with Pratt slamming McNair to the ground, injuring him. McNair subsequently sued Pratt for violating his civil rights. When Pratt moved for summary judgment on qualified-immunity grounds, the district court denied his motion. Pratt now appeals that decision. Unlike the district court, we conclude McNair’s counsel failed to show that Pratt violated a clearly established right. Accordingly, Pratt is entitled to qualified immunity, and we reverse. I. Background Plaintiff David McNair (“Mc…
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