[DOWNLOAD] "Sova V. City Of Mt. Pleasant" by Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Sova V. City Of Mt. Pleasant
- Author : Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 24, 1998
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
Description
Two Mt. Pleasant police officers shot and killed Thomas Sova standing in the doorway of his parents' kitchen within fifteen minutes of arriving on the scene of his attempted suicide. Thomas's parents sued the city, the police department, the police chief, and the three officers who were immediately responsible, asserting constitutional claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and supplemental claims under Michigan tort law and the Michigan Constitution. After extensive discovery, the District Court entered summary judgment in favor of all the defendants after ruling that the officers acted reasonably as a matter of law when they shot and killed Thomas. The court stated that the threat Thomas posed to himself justified, in part, the use of deadly force against him. The central issue in this appeal is whether the District Court should have given qualified immunity to the officers who shot Thomas when it was clear that the parties have irreconcilable versions of what happened the night Thomas was killed.