Legal Opinion
Rashoun Smith v. City of Akron
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 6, 2012No. 10-4418UnpublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
Rashoun Smith filed several federal and state law claims against the City of Akron, its police department and several officers, stemming from allegations of excessive force during an arrest. The district court rejected the claims as a matter of law. We affirm.
I
On August 27, 2007, officers John Ross and Michael Miles, while on patrol in the City of Akron, began following Smith, who was driving a stolen vehicle. Noticing the police car behind him, Smith stopped his car, exited and began talking with the officers. He told them the car belonged to a friend, whom he refused…
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