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MELVIN STEGER v. STEVEN WILLIS

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jul 21, 2026

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ON BRIEF: Jeffrey C. Mando, ADAMS LAW, PLLC, Covington, Kentucky, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ON BRIEF: Alan J. Statman, STATMAN HARRIS, LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellee.

Judge(s): KETHLEDGE, NALBANDIAN, and HERMANDORFER, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky at Covington

KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge. Melvin Steger alleges that—without warning, while he stood on his front porch, albeit after shouting an obscenity—Officer Steven Willis slammed him to the ground and punched him twice before handcuffing him. The district court held, among other things, that those alleged facts would amount to a violation of Steger’s clearly established rights under the Fourth Amendment. We agree and affirm.

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