Legal Opinion

Shaw v. City of Selma

District Court, S.D. Alabama

Decided March 15, 2017No. CIVIL ACTION 16-0007-WS-MPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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WILLIAM H. STEELE, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

This matter comes before the Court on defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (doc. Í3). The Motion has been extensively briefed and is ripe for disposition. Also pending is defendants’ Motion to Strike Affidavit of Faya Rose Toure (doc. 23), as to which plaintiff did not respond within the time allotted by Civil L.R. 7(c).

I. Nature of the Case.

On the afternoon of December 4, 2013, City of Selma Police Officer Desmond Williams' shot and killed- Ananias Shaw, a 74-year old male wielding a hatchet, as he stood outside a residence in Selma,…

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Davis v. The City of Selma, AlabamaDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 2025
  2. Early v. Gardendale, City ofDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 2022
  3. Jay v. Auburn UniversityDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 2019
  4. Jennings v. SmithDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 2023
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