Legal Opinion
William J. Klein v. Lawrence Ryan and Frank Lombardo
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 16, 1988No. 87-2554PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Klein brought this action against defendants Ryan and Lombardo under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Klein claims that the defendants violated his fourth and fourteenth amendment rights when they shot Klein as he was fleeing after committing a burglary. The district court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment based upon their affirmative defense of qualified immunity. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
In April 1983, the owner of Family Pride Laundromat, located at 495 Roosevelt Road, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, complained to the Glen Ellyn Police…
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