BESHERS v. HARRISON

No. 05-17096.

495 F.3d 1260 (2007)

Jason BESHERS, Individually and as administrator of the Estate of David Beshers, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Scott Patrick HARRISON, John Whitworth, Matt Ramey, Linda Marie Addis, Individually and in their official capacities as employees of the City of Toccoa, Georgia Police Department, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 14, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce R. Millar, Jonesboro, GA, for Beshers.

L. Lee Hicks, II, John A. Dickerson, McClure, Ramsay, Dickerson & Escoe, LLP, Toccoa, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BIRCH and BLACK, Circuit Judges, and PRESNELL, District Judge.


BLACK, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we consider whether Officer Scott Harrison, who allegedly terminated a high-speed chase by causing David Beshers' vehicle to crash, violated Beshers' Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable seizures. We affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment, having determined that no constitutional violation occurred.

I. BACKGROUND1

On the afternoon of April 20, 2002, the...

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