Coble v. City of White House
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
634 F.3d 865 (6th Cir. 2011)
Officer Carney (defendant) handcuffed Jerry Coble (plaintiff) during a traffic stop, fracturing his ankle in the process; Coble testified Carney made him walk on the broken ankle while he screamed, before Carney eventually dropped him face-first on the ground, while Carney testified he had Coble sit down as soon as he learned the leg was broken. Coble sued for excessive force; the district court, relying on an audio recording from Carney's microphone that captured no audible screaming or sound of a body dropping, rejected Coble's version as blatantly contradicted by the record and granted summary judgment for Carney, and Coble appealed.
Whether, when ruling on a motion for summary judgment, a court should accept the nonmoving party's version of the facts where such facts are blatantly contradicted by the record.