Legal Opinion
Sanders Ex Rel. Sanders v. City of Minneapolis
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 23, 2007No. 06-1356PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
Alison 1 Sanders appeals the district court’s 2 dismissal of her civil lawsuit related to the shooting death of her husband, Alfred Sanders, by Minneapolis police officers. Although the incident was tragic, the facts do not support the claims, and we affirm.
Alfred Sanders suffered from a bipolar disorder. On October 31, 2000, his friends contacted Minneapolis police in an attempt to have him committed to a crisis center, but the police were unable to locate him. Around 7:00 a.m. the next morning, during his patrol, Josef Garcia, a security guard for Augsburg College,…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Allison Sanders v. City Of MinneapolisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007