Legal Opinion
McCurdy v. Dodd
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 17, 2003No. 02-2708PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FUENTES, Circuit Judge.
This controversy arises out of the tragic and fatal shooting of Donta Dawson (“Dawson” or the “decedent”) in an encounter with officers of the Philadelphia Police Department. Dawson’s biological father, Bobby McCurdy (“McCurdy”), appeals the grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants as to McCurdy’s sole remaining claim from an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. McCurdy invoked the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and asserted that defendants had violated his parental liberty interest in the companionship of his…
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