U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Gray v. Cummings
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- Type
- Opinion
- Filed
- Feb. 22, 2019
- Case
- Gray v. Cummings
- Case status
- Decided
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SELYA, Circuit Judge. This appeal arises at the intersection of constitutional law and disability-rights law. It touches upon a plethora of important issues. Some of these issues relate to the appropriateness of a police officer's use of a Taser in attempting to regain custody of a mentally ill person who, after being involuntarily committed, absconded from a hospital. Others relate t…
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