Legal Opinion
Sigman v. Town of Chapel Hill
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 2, 1998No. 97-1652PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
After Mark Sigman was fatally shot during a standoff with Chapel Hill, North Carolina police officers, Sigman’s parents brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the police officers and the town of Chapel Hill, alleging excessive force in violation of the Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments, and under N.C. Gen.Stat. § 28A-18-2, alleging wrongful death. The district court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment on both claims, holding that the police officer who shot Sigman acted reasonably in the circumstances confronting him. We affirm.
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