GRIFFITH v. COBURN

No. 1:04-CV-728.

408 F.Supp.2d 491 (2005)

Liler Razor GRIFFITH, Personal Representative of the Estate of Arthur L. Partee, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Jim COBURN, Police Chief for Benton Township, Tim Sutherland, William Bradshaw, individually and in their capacity as Benton Township Police Officers, and Benton Township, a municipal corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

November 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George D. Lyons, Brandy & Lyons, Jackson, MI, for Plaintiff.

James R. Nelson, Nelson, Kreuger & Schrotenboer, P.C., Hudsonville, MI, Michael G. Harrison, Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC, Lansing, MI, for Defendants.


OPINION

ROBERT HOLMES BELL, Chief Judge.

This 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action is before the Court on the Defendants' motions for summary judgment. For the reasons that follow Defendants' motions will be granted.

I.

Arthur L. Partee died on April 13, 2003, in the course of his arrest. Plaintiff Liler Razor Griffith, personal representative of the Estate of Arthur L. Partee, filed this action against Benton Township Police...

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