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FLOYD v. CITY OF DETROIT

No. 06-2441.

518 F.3d 398 (2008)

Ronald FLOYD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF DETROIT, Emmett Quaine, and Juan Reynoso, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: March 6, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Sheri L. Whyte, City Of Detroit Law Department, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants. Victor S. Valenti, Fieger, Fieger, Kenney & Johnson, Southfield, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Sheri L. Whyte, City of Detroit Law Department, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants. Victor S. Valenti, Fieger, Fieger, Kenney & Johnson, Southfield, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: BATCHELDER and GILMAN, Circuit Judges; VARLAN, District Judge.

OPINION

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

This case arises from an incident in which Detroit police officers Emmett Quaine and Juan Reynoso, Jr. opened fire on Ronald Floyd in his own backyard, wounding him in the chest. Floyd, who was unarmed, claims that the officers fired on him without warning and without cause. He filed this lawsuit, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the City of Detroit and the two officers. According to Floyd, the officers...

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