Massey v. Prince George's County

SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION

MESSITTE, District Judge.

I

In this case alleging excessive use of force by police, the Court earlier granted Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment. Subsequently a case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit was brought to the Court’s attention which the Court deemed controlling and directly adverse to Defendants’ position. See Kopf v. Wing, 942 F.2d 265 (4th Cir.1991), cert. denied 502 U.S. 1098, 112 S.Ct. 1179, 117 L.Ed.2d 423 (1992). Defendants had not cited Kopf in their motion nor had Plaintiff cited it in his opposition. Neither side raised…