Legal Opinion
Krysta Sutterfield v. City of Milwaukee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 9, 2014No. 12-2272PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Krysta Sutterfield sued the City of Milwaukee and several of its police officers after the officers forcibly entered her home to effectuate an emergency detention for purposes of a mental health evaluation, opened a locked container, and seized for safekeeping the gun and concealed-carry licenses they found inside. She contends that officers violated her rights under the Second, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments in doing so. We conclude that the warrantless entry into Sutterfield’s home was justified under the exigent circumstances exception to the Fourth Amendment’s…
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