Legal Opinion
Graves v. Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 21, 2006No. 05-7084PublishedCited by 165 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’BRIEN, Circuit Judge.
Jerred Graves was killed when he lost control of his vehicle while trying to elude police officer Josh Ford at night on country roads at very high rates of speed. His parents, Delise and Jerry Graves, brought an action against Ford and Police Chief Kermit Thomas of the Haskell, Oklahoma Police Department, both individually and in their official capacities, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They claim Officer Ford’s deliberate and unwarranted initiation of a high speed chase resulting in Jerred’s death was a violation of Jerred’s Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The…
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