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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 901
ARRESTS AND TEMPORARY DETENTIONS
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901.20 Use of force to effect release of person making arrest detained in building.—A peace officer may use any reasonable force to liberate himself or herself or another person from detention in a building entered for the purpose of making a lawful arrest.
History.—s. 20, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(20); s. 9, ch. 70-339; s. 1464, ch. 97-102.

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Susan Liese v. Indian River Cnty. Hosp. Dist., 701 F.3d 334 (11th Cir. 2012).

Cited 190 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 27 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 400, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 23345, 2012 WL 5477523

with Education Amendments of 1972 § 901, 20 U.S.C. § 1681(a): No person in the United
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Jackson v. Birmingham Bd. of Educ., 309 F.3d 1333 (11th Cir. 2002).

Cited 2 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 22001, 83 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 41, 235, 95 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 658, 2002 WL 31356658

and directed to effectuate the provisions of’ § 901. 20 U.S.C. § 1682. To do so, agencies are required
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Roderick Jackson v. Birmingham Bd. of Ed., 416 F.3d 1280 (11th Cir. 2002).

Cited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

and directed to effectuate the provisions of" § 901. 20 U.S.C. § 1682. To do so, agencies are required
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Susan Liese v. Indian River Cnty. Hosp. Dist. (11th Cir. 2012).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

with Education Amendments of 1972 § 901, 20 U.S.C. § 1681(a): No person in

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