BURNS v. REED

No. 93-1711.

44 F.3d 524 (1995)

Cathy BURNS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rick REED, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 5, 1995.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied February 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Wilson, Hahn, Walz, Knepp, Dvorak, & Higgins, South Bend, IN, Michael K. Sutherlin (argued), Ida Coleman Lamberti, Indianapolis, IN, for plaintiff-appellant Cathy Burns.

David A. Nowak, Columbus, IN, Wayne E. Uhl (argued) Deputy Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, IN, for defendant-appellee Rick Reed.

Before CUMMINGS, ESCHBACH and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied February 6, 1995.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the narrow question of whether the defendant, a Muncie, Indiana, deputy prosecuting attorney, is entitled to qualified immunity from suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for his actions concerning the 1982 interrogation and subsequent arrest of plaintiff Cathy Burns for allegedly shooting her two sons. Defendant authorized interrogation of plaintiff...

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