Legal Opinion
Flythe Ex Rel. Estate of Flythe v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 19, 2015No. 14-7069PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
In this civil action against two police officers and the District of Columbia, appellant Betty S. Flythe alleges that in violation of the Fourth Amendment and D.C. law, each officer assaulted her son and one killed him. Accepting as true the account of the officer who killed appellant’s son, the district court found that the officer’s actions were objectively reasonable and thus granted summary judgment dismissing all claims against him. The claims against the District and the other officer went to trial, and the jury…
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