Legal Opinion
Floyd v. City of Detroit
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 6, 2008No. 06-2441PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
This case arises from an incident in which Detroit police officers Emmett Quaine and Juan Reynoso, Jr. opened fire on Ronald Floyd in his own backyard, wounding him in the chest. Floyd, who was unarmed, claims that the officers fired on him without warning and without cause. He filed this lawsuit, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the City of Detroit and the two officers. According to Floyd, the officers violated his constitutional rights by using excessive force, and the City is liable for failing to properly train them. All three defendants filed…
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