Legal Opinion
Maria Agushi v. Wendy Duerr and Gary Zellmer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 4, 1999No. 98-1110PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
During the summer of 1995, officials at the Reedsburg, Wisconsin police department were investigating Hamit Agushi and his wife, Maria Agushi, suspecting Hamit of abusing his teen-age daughter and Maria of failing to prevent the abuse. On August 17, 1995, when police officers Wendy Duerr and Gary Zellmer visited the Agushi home to execute a search warrant a confrontation arose with Mrs. Agushi— the exact cause and nature is in dispute. As a result of this confrontation, Mrs. Agushi filed an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the two officers, claiming that Duerr and…
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