Steen v. City of Pensacola

ORDER

ROGER VINSON, Senior District Judge.

This case stems from the tragic and unfortunate death of 17 year-old Victor Demarius Steen, who, in the early morning hours of October 3, 2009, was killed after being allegedly “tased” and then struck by a City of Pensacola marked police car driven by Police Officer Jerald Ard. The decedent’s mother, Cassandra Steen, has brought this excessive force/wrongful death case against Officer Ard; the City of Pensacola; and John W. Mathis, the latter of whom has been sued, in Count III of the second amended complaint, “in his individual capacity as Chief of…