ABDULLAHI v. CITY OF MADISON

No. 04-4114.

423 F.3d 763 (2005)

Halima ABDULLAHI, on her own behalf and as Administrator for the Estate of Jamal Mohamed, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Ali Mohamed Abdi, whereabouts unknown, Involuntary Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF MADISON, Sergeant Patrick Grady, Officer Herbert Mueller, Officer Jessica Murphy and Capitol Police Officer James Brooks, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon Loevy (argued), Arthur Loevy, Jon Rosenblatt, Michael Kanovitz, Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Amanda J. Kaiser (argued), Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field, John J. Glinski (argued), Office of the Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CUDAHY, EVANS and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Halima Abdullahi, mother of a man who died during (or shortly after) defendant police officers' attempts to subdue and arrest him, brought a Fourth Amendment claim against the City of Madison and the police officers involved, alleging that one of the officers used excessive force during the arrest and that the other officers failed to intervene. The district court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment, ruling that there was...

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