Legal Opinion
Billie Thompson v. Lance Cope
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 14, 2018No. 17-3060; 18-1223PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hamilton, Circuit Judge.
We address here two interlocutory appeals in a case stemming from the death of Dusty Heishman. In Indianapolis in October 2014, Heishman was high on amphetamines and running around naked in the street. Police responded and tried to subdue him. A paramedic arrived on the scene and administered a sedative to Heishman so he could be moved to an ambulance to be taken to an arrestee holding room at a hospital. Soon, Heishman's heart and breathing stopped. Despite efforts to revive him, he died several days later.
Heishman's estate sued, asserting federal Fourth Amendment…
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