Legal Opinion
Leona Mullins v. Oscar Cyranek
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 9, 2015No. 14-3817PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
Leona Mullins brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action on behalf of the estate of her sixteen-year-old son, Davon Mullins, after Oscar Cyranek — a Cincinnati police officer — fatally shot Mullins during a stop and frisk. Mullins’s mother alleges Cyra-nek used excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment by firing two shots at Mullins, despite Mullins having already released his weapon. She now appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Cyranek based on the court’s determination that he was entitled to qualified immunity. For the…
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