Legal Opinion
Scott Peatross v. City of Memphis
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 29, 2016No. 15-5288PublishedCited by 754 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAMON J. KEITH, Circuit Judge.
This civil rights action arose from the shooting death of Anjustine A. Hunter Vanterpool (“Vanterpool”). Vanterpool was killed after Officers Joel Dunaway (“Officer Dunaway”) and Steve McMillen (“Officer McMillen”) of the Memphis Police Department (“MPD” or “Department”) fired seven shots into the front and rear windows of the vehicle Vanterpool was operating. Alleging various constitutional violations, Vanterpool’s estate (“Estate” or “Plaintiff’) sued, among others, Toney Armstrong (“Armstrong”), Director of the MPD, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.…
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