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VAZQUEZ v. METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY

No. 91-5584.

968 F.2d 1101 (1992)

Ramon Orlando VAZQUEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, Defendant-Appellee, Timothy Addison, Donald Askew, Albert Bonnani, James Bowers, Fred Cockerham, William Henning, James Leggett, Kevin Long, Bobby Jones, A Public Safety Director of Dade County, Individually and in their respective official capacities, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 13, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Weisberg, Coral Gables, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

James Allen, Asst. County Atty., Robert A. Ginsburg, Dade County Atty., Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before KRAVITCH and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Vazquez brought suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against defendant-appellee Metropolitan Dade County ("Dade County") and several of the County's police officers, claiming police misconduct during an August 18, 1981, shootout at Vazquez's home. Plaintiff alleged that the individual officers used excessive force against the plaintiff during that shootout, in violation of Vazquez's rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth...

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