Legal Opinion
Estate of Smithers Ex Rel. Norris v. City of Flint
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 21, 2010No. 09-1164PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Aan Sharp, Robert Bonner, and the estate of Leon Smithers appeal the district court’s dismissal of their claims against Officers Brian Murphree and Terrance Walker and the City of Flint, Michigan alleging constitutional violations pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985(2) & (3), regarding the events surrounding the fatal shooting of Smithers and the injury of Sharp and Bonner. The officers took an intoxicated Shirley Washington Ewing, Smithers’ girlfriend, into custody, ticketed her for trespassing, and released her to her mother shortly…
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