Legal Opinion
Garczynski v. Bradshaw
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 7, 2009No. 08-16100PublishedCited by 169 opinions
1Per curiam
This case involves the use of deadly force by police officers responding to a 911 call of a suicidal, armed man named John Garczynski (“Garczynski”). The Estate of Garczynski (“the Estate”) sued Sheriff Ric Bradshaw of the Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office (“PBSO”) in his official capacity and several police officers in their individual capacities for violations of Garczynski’s Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Counts I-VII), assault and battery, (Count VIII), and negligence (Count IX). 1 The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the police officers…
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