Legal Opinion
Estate of Wasilchen v. Gohrman
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided April 25, 2012No. Case No. C11-0749JLRPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
JAMES L. ROBART, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
On May 29, 2009, Daniel Wasilchen was shot and killed by law enforcement officers outside of his home in Snohomish County, Washington. Mr. Wasilchen’s estate (“the Estate”), his sister Kimberly A. Tubbs, and his mother Virginia B. Vukasin1 filed the instant lawsuit against Snohomish County (“the County”) and Henry “Sonny” Gohrman, the County’s Noxious Weed Coordinator.2 Plaintiffs allege the following causes of action against Defendants: (1) violation of Mr. Wasilchen’s Fourth Amendment rights; (2)…
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