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AUSTIN v. REDFORD TP. POLICE DEPT.

No. 11-2319.

690 F.3d 490 (2012)

Charles Fitzgerald AUSTIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. REDFORD TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT, Defendant, Kevin Riley, Timothy L. Paull, and John M. Morgan, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

August 8, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Joseph Nimako , Cummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho, P.C., Livonia, Michigan, for Appellants. Michelle T. Thomas , Bodman PLC, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: ROGERS and STRANCH, Circuit Judges; PEARSON, District Judge.

OPINION

JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge.

Charles Austin brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Redford Township Police Department and Officers Kevin Riley, Timothy L. Paull, and John M. Morgan, alleging Defendants used excessive force in effectuating his arrest and engaged in ethnic intimidation in violation of Michigan law. The district court granted Riley summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds with respect to his initial deployment of...

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