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GRIFFITH v. COBURN

No. 05-2720.

473 F.3d 650 (2007)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 10, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Amos E. Williams, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant. G. Gus Morris, Kupelian, Ormond & Magy, Southfield, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: George D. Lyons, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant. G. Gus Morris, Kupelian, Ormond & Magy, Southfield, Michigan, James R. Nelson, Nelson, Kreuger & Schrotenboer, Hudsonville, Michigan, for Appellees.

Before DAUGHTREY and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges; EDMUNDS, District Judge.

OPINION

MARTHA CRAIG DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.

The underlying claim in this civil rights action, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, stems from the death of Arthur L. Partee during his arrest by two Benton Township (Michigan) police officers, defendants Tim Sutherland and William Bradshaw. His estate sued the officers, Police Chief Jim Coburn, and the Township, alleging that Partee's death was caused by use of excessive force, in violation of his rights...

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