DEERING v. REICH

No. 98-2560.

183 F.3d 645 (1999)

Walter DEERING, as personal representative of the estate of Reinhold Deering, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James M. REICH, Paul D. Schnasa, Michael J. Wizner, each in their individual capacities and official capacities as police officers for the County of Shawano, and the County of Shawano, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian C. Hough (argued), Robinson Law Office, Appleton, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Nathan A. Fishbach (argued), Charles H. Bohl, John P. Spector, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Sixty-nine-year-old Reinhold Deering was awakened at his home in the middle of the night and, through a series of unfortunate events, was shot to death by a deputy sheriff serving an arrest warrant arising out of Deering's failure to appear in court in connection with a misdemeanor case in Shawano County, Wisconsin. It was an altogether tragic event. The primary issue before us is whether certain alleged errors at the trial of a civil...

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