Opinion ID: 2037020
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Heading: excessive use of force claim

Text: [4-6] ¶ 27. We initially examine the challenges to Robinson's claim that defendants used excessive force during his arrest. A claim of excessive use of force arising during arrest is grounded in the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable seizures as applied to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment. Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386, 394 (1989); Felder v. Casey, 150 Wis. 2d 458, 471, 441 N.W.2d 725 (1989). [7] The standard for determining whether a police officer's exercise of force is excessive is whether the officer's actions are objectively reasonable. Graham, 490 U.S. at 397. Wisconsin JICivil 2155 provides that to sustain a claim for excessive use of force during arrest under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the plaintiff must establish that an officer was acting under color of law and that the officer's use of force was unreasonable.