Tarver used excessive force in that he applied the handcuffs too tightly, we have held “that minor, incidental injuries that occur in connection with the use of handcuffs to effectuate an arrest do not give rise to a constitutional claim for excessive force.” Freeman v. Gore, 483 F.3d 404, 417 (5th Cir.2007). In Freeman, the plaintiff alleged that she “suffered bruising on her wrists and arms because the handcuffs were applied too tightly,” and the court found those injuries were too minor to support an excessive force claim. Id. In this case, Deville has provided evidence that the handcuffs were applied so tightly as to cause long-term nerve damage that was severe enough to require four surger ies. These injuries are not de minimis. Compare Tarver v. City of Edna, 410 F.3d at 751-52 (<HOLDING>). While the officers claim that she did not
holding that two incidents of alleged excessive force are insufficient to show policy or custom holding that the district court properly found that trivial instances of actual confusion were de minimis holding that  acute contusions of the wrist and psychological injury from being handcuffed were de minimis and insufficient to find excessive force holding that a contusion cut to his lips bruises lesions to his wrist and a strained neck and back exceed the de minimis threshold holding that inquiry as to whether officers are entitled to qualified immunity for use of excessive force is distinct from inquiry on the merits of the excessive force claim