Legal Opinion
John Eric Thomas, and Wife, Heather Thomas v. City of Chattanooga, Tennessee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 9, 2005No. 03-6308PublishedCited by 622 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COLE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-Appellants, Eric and Heather Thomas, bring this appeal following the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the City of Chattanooga’s Police Department in a municipal liability action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The appellants claim that the Chattanooga Police Department had a policy, custom, or practice of condoning the use of excessive force against suspects. For the reasons discussed below, we AFFIRM the decision of the district court.
I
A. The Shooting
On May 28, 2002, at approximately 6:45 p.m., one of Eric Thomas’s neighbors called the…
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