MARION v. CITY OF CORYDON, INDIANA

No. 08-2592.

559 F.3d 700 (2009)

Trent MARION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF CORYDON, INDIANA and John Doe #1, Unknown Police Officers of the City of Corydon, The County of Harrison, Indiana and John Doe #2, Unknown Police Officers of the County of Harrison, Roy Wiseman, Bruce Lahue, Kevin Taylor, James Sadler, Todd Stinson, The City of Louisville, Kentucky and John Doe #3, Unknown Police Officers of the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department, The City of New Albany, Indiana and John Doe #4, Unknown Police Officers of the City of New Albany, John Doe #5, Unknown Police Officers of the Indiana State Police, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William K. Burnham, Robert G. Sheffer (argued), Ronald G. Sheffer, Sheffer Law Firm, Louisville, KY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Matthew L. Hinkle, Attorney (argued), Coots, Henke & Wheeler, Carmel, IN, R. Jeffrey Lowe, Attorney (argued), Kightlinger & Gray, New Albany, IN, Jeffrey L. Freeman, Jefferson County Attorney, Louisville, KY, D. Timothy Born, Attorney (argued), Terrell Baugh Salmon & Born LLP, Evansville, IN, Frances Barrow, Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before FLAUM and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and KAPALA, District Judge.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Trent Marion brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Louisville, the City of Corydon, the City of New Albany, the County of Harrison, and several officers from those jurisdictions and from the Indiana State Police. He alleged that the law enforcement officers and government entities violated his Fourth Amendment rights by using excessive force against him in connection with a police pursuit and subsequent...

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