Summary judgment against plaintiffs’ on their Fourth Amendment excessive force claim reversed

Cyrus v. Town of Mukwonago, 09-2331, concerned plaintiffs’ 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a town, a lieutenant, and other defendants, claiming that their son’s death was caused by the use of excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment.  In reversing the district court’s grant of defendants’ motion for summary judgment, the court held that there are material facts in dispute about the extent to which the deceased attempted to evade the officers and the how many times the officer tasered the deceased to bring about his arrest.

 

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  • Read the Seventh Circuit’s Full Decision in Cyrus v. Town of Mukwonago, 09-2331

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