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GREENIDGE v. RUFFIN

No. 89-2754.

927 F.2d 789 (1991)

Leonard GREENIDGE; Wilhemina Greenidge; Andrew Greenidge; Kwani Greenidge, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ernestine RUFFIN, Defendant-Appellee, and Eric Cox; Charles Prehn; Baltimore City Police Commissioner; Arlene Jenkins; Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 8, 1991.

As Amended March 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick Paul Charleston, Sr., Baltimore, Md., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert Charles Verderaime, Verderaime & Dubois, P.A., Baltimore, Md., for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, sitting by designation.

EDWARD S. SMITH, Senior Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant brought suit against defendant-appellee under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 Appellant alleges that the deadly force used by appellee police officer in a prostitution arrest was unreasonable and in violation of his constitutional rights. The police officer shot the appellant causing him to suffer permanent injury. The case was tried to a jury on federal and common law claims.

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