Legal Opinion
Steverson Davis v. Patrick Brady and Shawn Murphy
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 29, 1998No. 96-2575PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.
Defendant police officers Patrick Brady and Shawn Murphy appeal the district court’s denial of summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds. The plaintiff, Stev-erson Davis, alleges that the defendants violated his substantive due process rights by placing him at risk of harm when they abandoned him in an inebriated condition on an unfamiliar highway. The district court found that the record presented a claim sufficient to defeat summary judgment, including the establishment of a duty not to subject Davis to danger, and that the defendant officers acted with…
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