HAISLAH v. WALTON

No. 79-3440.

676 F.2d 208 (1982)

Raymond HAISLAH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Albert WALTON and City of Cleveland and Cleveland Police Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger D. Heller, Christopher D. Stanley, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant.

John S. Polito, Donald F. Black, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendants-appellees.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, and KENNEDY and JONES, Circuit Judges.


GEORGE CLIFTON EDWARDS, Jr., Chief Judge.

This appeal involves an action brought by plaintiff Raymond Haislah under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976) against a Cleveland police officer (Walton) and the City of Cleveland, its Police Department and its former Police Chief Adhrens alleging that defendants violated his constitutional rights by shooting him "in the mid portion of the back." At the time Haislah was fleeing after breaking away from arrest.

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