Kingsley v. Hendrickson
The plaintiff, Michael Kingsley, was a pretrial detainee in a Wisconsin County jail. In the course of moving Kingsley into a new cell, Officer Hendrickson directed Officer Degnen to stun Kingsley with a Taser, which Degnen did while Kingsley was handcuffed. The officers then left Kingsley handcuffed in his cell for about 15 minutes. The officers did not dispute that they acted purposefully or knowingly when using force against him. Instead, the officers’ position was that the force was reasonable.