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JONES v. BYRNES

No. 08-1889.

585 F.3d 971 (2009)

Genora JONES, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Clayton Jones, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Scott BYRNES, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 9, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Joel B. Sklar, Law Office, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant. Joseph Nimako, Cummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho, P.L.C., Livonia, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Joel B. Sklar, Law Office, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant. Joseph Nimako, Cummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho, P.L.C., Livonia, Michigan, for Appellees.

The court delivered a PER CURIAM opinion. MARTIN, J. (pp. 978-80), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the disposition of this case.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Genora Jones brings this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against two police officers of the Redford Township, Michigan police department1 on behalf of the estate of her husband, Clayton Jones. The officers were engaged in a high-speed car chase of two men suspected of armed robbery on January 23, 2006 around 5:00 a.m. The suspects extinguished their car's headlights approximately four miles into the chase...

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