United States Seventh Circuit

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging the use of excessive force by a police officer, an appeal of the denial of summary judgment on grounds of qualified immunity is dismissed where all of the arguments made by the party seeking to invoke jurisdiction were dependent upon disputed facts.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/05/2007
• Published 12/05/2007

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, RIPPLE and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas A. Manges, Roby, Hood & Manges, Fort Wayne, IN, Heather A. Jefferson (argued), Fieger, Fieger, Kenney & Johnson, Southfield, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Carolyn M. Trier (argued), Hunt Suedhoff Kalamaros, Fort Wayne, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.