Legal Opinion
Stewart v. Moll
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 11, 2010No. Civil Action 07-1085PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MITCHELL S. GOLDBERG, District Judge.
This case stems from the shooting death of James Stewart, who was killed after resisting Allentown Police Officers’ attempts to take him into custody. Current ly before the Court is Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment, which seeks the dismissal of Plaintiffs’ § 1983 and state law claims brought against the City of Allentown and two individual police officers. Because we find that genuine issues of material fact remain as to whether the shooting officer, Jeremy Moll, used excessive force, Defendants’ motion to dismiss that particular §…
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