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RICHMAN v. SHEAHAN

No. 07-1487.

512 F.3d 876 (2008)

Marcella RICHMAN, both individually and as special administrator of the estate of Jack B. Richman, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael SHEAHAN, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 7, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon Nahmod (argued), Chicago Kent College of Law, Jermome E. Boyle, Block & Associates, Chicago, IL, Plaintiff-Appellee.

Donald J. Pechous (argued), Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Eighteen deputy sheriffs of Cook County, sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violating the federal constitutional rights of the plaintiff, and of her son who died resisting arrest, appeal from the denial of their motion for summary judgment on grounds of official immunity. The district judge ruled that they had immunity from the Fourth Amendment claim on the son's behalf, but not from the Eighth Amendment claim (which is solely on behalf of...

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