HASSAN v. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.

No. 06-3504.

489 F.3d 914 (2007)

Shukri HASSAN, as the trustee of the Estate of Abu Kassim Jeilani, Decedent, Appellant, v. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA; James R. Jensen, Officer, Badge No. 3282; Michael McCarthy, Officer, Badge No. 4520; Hein Dinh, Officer, Badge No. 1551; Justin Merten, Officer, Badge No. 4752; Vicki Karmiki, Officer; Joel Kimmerle, Corporal, all personally, individually and in their capacities as Minneapolis Police Officers; Richard Roe and Jane Doe, Unknown and Unnamed Minneapolis Police Officers, personally, individually, and in their capacities as Minneapolis Police Officers; William McManus, Chief, as successor to Chief Robert Olson, Chief of Police, personally, individually, and in his official capacity; Robert K. Olson, Chief of Police, personally, individually, and in his official capacity, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 31, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Albert Turner Goins, Sr., Minneapolis, MN.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee Cheryl Lynne Fundingsland, Minneapolis, MN.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.


RILEY, Circuit Judge.

After Minneapolis police officers shot and killed Abu Kassim Jeilani (Jeilani), Shukri Hassan (Hassan), the trustee of Jeilani's estate, filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983,1 as well as state law tort claims based on negligence, including a wrongful death claim, against the City of Minneapolis (City) and the involved police officers (individual defendants). All defendants filed a motion for summary...

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