Mirek Magdziak, Administrator of the Estate of Tadeusz Glodek, Deceased v. David Byrd

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Tadeusz Glodek was fatally injured when his car was struck by a vehicle that was being pursued at high speed by Illinois State Police Officer David Byrd. Mirek Magdziak, the administrator of Glodek’s estate, sued Officer Byrd under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that Byrd’s actions during the pursuit violated Glodek’s Fourteenth Amendment due process rights. The district court rejected Magdziak’s claim, finding both that Glo-dek’s due process rights had not been violated and that Byrd was entitled to qualified immunity. The district court also dismissed…