Legal Opinion
Estate of Thurman v. City of Milwaukee
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided March 29, 2002No. 99-C-877PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
ADELMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, the estate and survivors of Clarence Michael Thurman III, bring this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against former Milwaukee police officer Keith Bernard Miller, who shot and killed Thurman subsequent to chasing and apprehending him, after Thurman stole a lawn mower from Miller’s garage. Plaintiffs allege that Miller used excessive force in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. Plaintiffs also bring state law assault and battery and wrongful death claims against Miller and the City of Milwaukee. 1 Defendants now move for…
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