U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Ivan Swearingen v. Karl Judd
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- Opinion
- Filed
- July 18, 2019
- Case
- Ivan Swearingen v. Karl Judd
- Case status
- Decided
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COLLOTON, Circuit Judge. This case arises from a police shooting in which a suspect was killed. The administrators of the decedent's estate sued the police officer who fired the fatal shots, alleging that he violated the decedent's constitutional rights by using unreasonable force. The district court 1 conclud…
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