United States Eleventh Circuit

In a wrongful death action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, the grant of qualified immunity to defendant-police officer is reversed where defendant used excessive force when he aimed and shot at the head of a non-threatening suspect.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/29/2005
• Published 04/29/2005

Judges

• SILER, Circuit Judge:, Before MARCUS, FAY and SILER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Frank T. Allen, The Allen Firm, P.A., Orlando, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bruce Robert Bogan, Ian D. Forsythe, Hilyard, Bogan, Palmer, P.A., Orlando, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.