Curley v. Klem

OPINION OF THE COURT

JORDAN, Circuit Judge.

This civil rights suit, after a long and difficult history, is before us for the second time. Plaintiff Corvet Curley (“Curley”), an officer with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and his wife, Elaine, sued defendant Ronald Klem (“Klem”), a New Jersey State Trooper, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Klem violated Curley’s constitutional rights by shooting him while both Curley and Klem were responding to a police emergency at the George Washington Bridge. The Curleys appeal from a judgment order of the United States District Court for…