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ADAMS v. ST. LUCIE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT.

No. 91-5137.

962 F.2d 1563 (1992)

Robert Jeff ADAMS, Sr., Personal Representative for the Estate of Donald Demasco Adams, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ST. LUCIE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, Robert C. Knowles, Sheriff, Donnie Ingram, Defendants, J.M. Lindsey, Robert Soesbe, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

As Amended August 12, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius F. Parker, Jr., Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Evan I. Fetterman & Assoc., Salvatore Scibetta, North Palm Beach, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HATCHETT and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and HILL, Senior Circuit Judge.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In affirming the district court, we reject the appellant-deputy sheriffs' contention that intentionally ramming the automobile of a fleeing misdemeanant, causing it to crash (killing an occupant) did not constitute a seizure under the Fourth Amendment and did not violate clearly established rights of which a deputy sheriff would have known.

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