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PROFFITT v. RIDGWAY

No. 00-3229.

279 F.3d 503 (2002)

James PROFFITT, Special Administrator of the Estate of William R. Woodall, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dean R. RIDGWAY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 1, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Clancy, Clancy, Higgins & Clancy, St. Charles, IL, argued, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gregory E. Rogus, Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney, Chicago, IL, argued, R. Kurt Wilke, Barber, Segatto, Hoffee & Hines, Springfield, IL, argued, for defendants-appellees.

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

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 charges excessive force, resulting in death, in the efforts by defendant Ridgway, a police officer in the City of Pana, Illinois, and defendant Lykins, a private citizen who assisted the officer, to subdue Woodall, the plaintiff's decedent. The suit also charges deliberate indifference by Ridgway to Woodall's safety in failing to confine him securely to prevent the eruption that resulted in the struggle...

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