Legal Opinion
Clifford Cummings, Jr. v. City of Akron Rodney Sherman and Howard Vaughn, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 22, 2005No. 03-3259PublishedCited by 161 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtClay, J., joined by Nixon, D. J.,
SUHRHEINRICH, J. (pp. 688-92), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
CLAY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Clifford Cummings, Jr. appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Defendants City of Akron, Rodney Sherman, and Howard Vaughn, Jr., in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of Cummings’ Fourth Amendment rights to be free from unreasonable seizure and excessive force. For the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM the grant of summary judgment to the City of Akron, as well as the dismissal of Cummings’ excessive force claim against…
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