Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Brunswick County Sheriff's Department
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided September 27, 2012No. 7:10-CV-14-DPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JAMES C. DEVER, III, Chief Judge.
On January 29, 2010, George Cooper, Sr. (“Cooper Sr.”) and George Cooper, Jr. (“Cooper Jr”) filed a complaint asserting claims under federal and North Carolina law [D.E. 1], The complaint arises from a shooting that took place in Brunswick County, North Carolina on May 2, 2007, and the events leading to the shooting are hotly contested. Plaintiffs sued the Brunswick County Sheriffs Department (“BCSD”), as well as several BCSD employees, in their individual and official capacities, including Deputy Sheriff James Sheehan (“Sheehan”), Deputy Sheriff Brian…
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