Legal Opinion

Johnson v. City of Memphis

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided August 24, 2010No. 09-5046PublishedCited by 100 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Monica Johnson (“Plaintiff’), widow of decedent Xavier Johnson (“Johnson”), appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Defendanh-Appellee City of Memphis (“City”) in her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action arising out of a home entry by Memphis police officers that Johnson claims was in violation of the Fourth Amendment. Plaintiff also appeals the district court’s denial of her motion to amend her complaint. For the reasons below we affirm.

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This matter arose out of the death of Xavier Johnson at his home in Memphis, Tennessee on…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Brigham City v. StuartSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  4. Welsh v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. United States v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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