Estate of Brackens v. Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

Leon Brackens brought a § 1983 claim against the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officers, and Jef-fersonville (Indiana) Police Department (JPD) officers seeking damages for injuries that Brackens sustained as a result of his forcible removal from the passenger side of a minivan following a ear chase. He also brought a “conspiracy to interfere with civil rights” claim and state-law evidence-tampering and tort claims. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants on qualified-immunity grounds. The only…