MATURI v. LAS VEGAS METRO. POLICE DEP'T

No. 24199.

871 P.2d 932 (1994)

Dino MATURI, Appellant, v. LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fitzgibbons & Anderson, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Rawlings, Olson & Cannon and Jennifer T. Crandell and Peter M. Angulo, Las Vegas, for respondent.


OPINION

SPRINGER, Justice:

The issue in this case is whether a police officer's decision to handcuff a prisoner behind the prisoner's back, rather than in the front, constitutes a "discretionary" decision that invokes state immunity under NRS 41.032. In this case, the arresting officers' decision to handcuff behind the prisoner's back was discretionary in nature because the police manual which controlled the officers' conduct after the arrest specifically...

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