Legal Opinion
George Cooper, Sr. v. James Sheehan
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 7, 2013No. 13-1071PublishedCited by 360 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Judge WYNN joined.
KING, Circuit Judge:
Late in the evening of May 2, 2007, George Cooper, Sr., was alerted to the sound of unknown persons outside his mobile home in rural Leland, North Carolina. Lowered shotgun in hand, Cooper stepped out onto his back porch to investigate. Seconds later, he was struck by gunfire. The shots were fired by Brunswick County deputy sheriffs James Sheehan and Brian Carlisle (the “Officers”), who were investigating a reported domestic disturbance on Cooper’s property. Cooper…
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