ESTATE OF SMITH v. MARASCO

No. 04-2146.

430 F.3d 140 (2005)

ESTATE OF Robert Cecil SMITH; Pauline Smith, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Robert C. Smith; Dana Smith; Wanda Smith, Appellants v. Trooper James MARASCO; Trooper Nicholas Scianna; Trooper Thomas Weaver; Trooper Andrew L. Wenger; Captain Michael J. Marcantino; Lieutenant Berry Reed; Lieutenant Edwards; Lieutant Schaeffer; Lieutant Snyder; Corporal Dante; Robert Johnson; Corporal Greg Hall; John Doe # 10-# 25, Whose Names are Currently Unknown; Dante Orlandi; Thomas Gregory Hall, Tedescung L. Bandy; Barry L. Brinser; Gregory Broaddus; Carbonell; Colon; John R. Comerer, Jr.; Glenn C. Doman; John Edwards; Wayne S. Elser; Frank L. Fetterolf; David Frisk; Gillison; James A. Hamill; Martin L. Henry, III; Joseph Kalis; A.J. Krawczel; William J. McClure; Thomas McDaniel; Shawn Mell; Arthur Moss, Jr.; William Moyer; ED Murphy; Kevin Reichert; Charles Rodgers; Mervin Rodriquez; Thomas Rodriquez; Keith A. Stone; Gregory Stumpo; Dominic G. Visconti; William White; Joseph Wilson; Gregory Wirth; Michael Witmer; Kenneth Yoder; John Doe # 1-# 25.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed November 30, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. Williams, Andrew F. Erba, Gerald J. Grant, Jr., Williams, Cuker & Berezofsky, Philadelphia, PA, Jordan B. Yeager, (Argued), Boockvar & Yeager, Doylestown, PA, for Appellants.

Gerald J. Pappert, Attorney General, J. Bart DeLone (Argued), Senior Deputy Attorney General, Calvin R. Koons, Senior Deputy Attorney General, John G. Knorr, III, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Chief, Appellate Litigation Section, Office of Attorney General, Appellate Litigation Section, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellees.

Before SCIRICA, Chief Judge, ROTH and BECKER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

This strange civil rights case is before us for a second time, see Estate of Smith v. Marasco, 318 F.3d 497 (3d Cir.2003) (Smith I), in the form of an appeal by the Estate of Robert Cecil Smith from an order of the District Court entered following remand and additional discovery. Plaintiffs filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, arguing that defendants had violated Smith's constitutional...

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