Legal Opinion
Campos v. Van Ness
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided September 29, 2014No. C.A. No. 09-11852-MLWPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WOLF, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
On July 28, 2008, following a high-speed vehicular chase through a residential neighborhood, Yarmouth, Massachusetts police officer Christopher Van Ness shot and killed Andre Martins. Martins’ girlfriend, Camila Campos, who was also a passenger in Martins’ car, brought a Fourth Amendment excessive force claim against Van Ness in both her individual capacity and as administratrix of Martins’ estate.
On May 19, 2014, following seven days of trial and three days of deliberations, the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on either…
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