Opinion ID: 624130
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Level of Resistance

Text: In Oliver, the decedent “complied with most of the officers’ directions.” Oliver, 586 F.3d at 908. Nonetheless, an officer continued to use probe-style stuns on the decedent “while he was writhing in pain on the hot pavement and after he had gone limp and immobilized.” Id. Here, however, Allen resisted during the entire time that Cooks and Harkleroad tried to handcuff him. He spread his arms apart to prevent being handcuffed, and he rolled around to keep his arms from being pulled behind his back. Even after repeatedly using their Tasers, Cooks and Harkleroad had considerable difficulty in effecting the arrest. Again, this factor weighs in favor of finding that the force was not so excessive as to rise to the level of obvious clarity.