United States Eleventh Circuit

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging excessive use of force by the police, summary judgment for Defendants is affirmed where the situation the officers faced, which involved an armed, suicidal man, was urgent and inherently dangerous, and thus Defendants had probable cause to use the force they did.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/07/2009
• Published 07/07/2009

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, and BIRCH and WILSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Max Rudmann, Boca Raton, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Fred H. Gelston, Fred H. Gelston, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, Summer Marie Barranco, Purdy, Jolly, Giuffreda & Barranco, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.