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WHEELER v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

No. Civ.A. 04-3792.

367 F.Supp.2d 737 (2005)

Renee WHEELER et al. v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

April 21, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis E. Slawe, Philadelphia, PA, for Renee Wheeler, Delores Faqua Wheeler, Daphne Wheeler, Anthony Wheeler, Neile Goodman, Nigel Goodman, Aaron Brown and Anna-Marie Wheeler.

Edward D. Chew, Jr., Philadelphia, PA, for City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Police Department, Sylvester Johnson, Commissioner Phila. Police Dept., Gregory Schaffling and Michael Cannon.

MEMORANDUM

DALZELL, District Judge.

On August 17, 2002, William Wheeler had a psychotic breakdown near his Philadelphia home. Hallucinating, high on cocaine, and armed with a pair of scissors, a steak knife, and a screwdriver, he ran into the street screaming at imaginary assailants. When police officers arrived, they tried to calm Wheeler, to no avail. Wheeler charged them with a screwdriver. The officers deployed pepper spray, grounded Wheeler,...

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