ESTATE OF BRYANT BY BRYANT v. BUCHANAN

No. IP 93-1049 C-B/S.

883 F.Supp. 1222 (1995)

ESTATE OF Hersey L. BRYANT, Jr. by its administratrix, Mattie BRYANT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ralph J. BUCHANAN, Joseph C. Gambrall, George Leon Benjamin, David Washington, and Rizwan S. Khan, in their individual capacities as police officers for the City of Indianapolis, and the City of Indianapolis, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Indiana, Indianapolis Division.

April 27, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Pierson, Pierson & Hamilton, Indianapolis, IN, for plaintiffs.

Frederick A. Roetter, John C. Ruckleshaus, Ruckleshaus Roland Hasbrook & O'Connor, Indianapolis, IN, for defendants.


BARKER, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the defendants' motion for summary judgment. For the reasons stated below, the motion is granted in part and denied in part.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

This is a § 1983 suit against several Indianapolis Police Department ("IPD") officers and the City of Indianapolis for the death of Hersey Bryant. On August 9, 1992, Mr. Bryant disrupted a downtown church during Sunday worship. Among other things...

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