CLARK v. ZIEDONIS

No. 71-C-578.

368 F.Supp. 544 (1973)

Edmund Gordon CLARK et al., and Edward Travis et al., Plaintiffs, v. Joseph ZIEDONIS, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Wisconsin.

October 29, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary A. Gerlach, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs.

James B. Brennan, City Atty. of Milwaukee by Rudolph T. Randa, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant.


DECISION AND ORDER

MYRON L. GORDON, District Judge.

The defendant, Joseph Ziedonis, is a police officer who shot two fleeing youths suspected of committing a felony. His victims claim that excessive force was used in connection with the arrest and seek damages under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The liability issue turns upon the question of justification for his use of deadly force.

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