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KOPF v. WING

No. 90-2462.

942 F.2d 265 (1991)

Ada Sandra KOPF, Personal Representative of the Estate of Anthony John Casella, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph P. WING, Corporal; Steven Kerpelman, Corporal; James Skyrm; Prince George's County, Maryland, a body corporate and politic, Defendants-Appellees, and Other Unknown Officers of the Prince George's County Police Department, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 9, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrell Non Roberts, III, Roberts & Wood, Riverdale, Md., for plaintiff-appellant.

Sean D. Wallace, Michael O. Connaughton, argued (Michael P. Whalen, Alan E. D'Appolito, S. Daniel Wallace, on brief), Upper Marlboro, Md., for defendants-appellees.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, HALL, Circuit Judge, and KELLAM, Senior District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

OPINION

K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Ada Kopf, personal representative of the estate of Anthony Casella, appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to defendants, police officers and county, in Casella's § 1983 action alleging excessive use of force in making an arrest. Because we find that the appellant made a sufficient showing to survive summary judgment, we reverse and remand.

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