U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Ruben Sebastian v. Javier Ortiz
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- Type
- Opinion
- Filed
- March 14, 2019
- Case
- Ruben Sebastian v. Javier Ortiz
- Case status
- Decided
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MARCUS, Circuit Judge: In this interlocutory appeal, Lieutenant Javier Ortiz of the Miami Police Department challenges the district court's denial of his motion to dismiss this civil rights excessive force case arising out of a routine traffic stop. The appellee, Ruben Sebastian, alleges that during the course of the stop and his subsequent arrest, Ortiz restrained him with handcuffs…
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