Kopf v. Wing

OPINION

K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Ada Kopf, personal representative of the estate of Anthony Casella, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendants, police officers and county, in Casella’s § 1983 action alleging excessive use of force in making an arrest. Because we find that the appellant made a sufficient showing to survive summary judgment, we reverse and remand.

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Reciting the facts of this case is no easy task. The parties’ competing renditions hardly coincide. In the following narrative, we attempt to identify disputed or unilateral assertions of fact as such.

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