Landis v. Galarneau

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (docket no. 73)

STEPHEN J. MURPHY, III, District Judge.

This is a civil rights case in which the pursuit and apprehension of a fleeing suspect resulted tragically in the death of that suspect. Charles Keiser, in a fit of apparent mental instability, moved construction equipment to block traffic on US-23 in Livingston County on a snowy Thanksgiving morning in 2004. Keiser fled from various officers who attempted to arrest him and he died in a struggle with several law enforcement officers after being ta~ sered while restrained in over a foot…