Legal Opinion
Romeo v. Untalan, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Ronnie C. Untalan Corazon Untalan v. City of Lorain
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 7, 2005No. 04-4489PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
This is a § 1983 action for the use of deadly force arising out of the fatal shooting by police of a schizophrenic who, seconds before being shot, attacked a police officer with a butcher knife. The Plaintiffs-Appellants in this case, Romeo and Corazon Untalan, are the parents of the decedent Ronnie Untalan. They seek to vindicate Ronnie’s Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment right not to be killed by the police. They are suing Lorain police officer Joseph Koproniea, who shot Ronnie, and the City of Lorain, for its alleged failure to appropriately train its officers.…
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