Legal Opinion
McGrath v. Tavares
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 1, 2014No. 12-2277PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal stems from the tragic deadly shooting of a sixteen-year-old boy named Anthony McGrath (“Anthony”) by a Plymouth police officer. Following the untimely death of her son, Denise McGrath (“McGrath”) filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, alleging the police officers involved had used excessive force in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. The two named police officers moved for summary judgment. Finding no constitutional violations on the part of the police officer who fired the lethal shot at Anthony, the district court granted the police officers’…
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