WILLIAMS v. CITY OF CLEVELAND, MISS.

No. 12-60759.

736 F.3d 684 (2013)

Dextric WILLIAMS, individually and on behalf of the heirs-at-law/wrongful death beneficiaries of Jermaine Williams, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant v. CITY OF CLEVELAND, MISSISSIPPI; Taser International, Incorporated; Stanley Perry, individually and in his official capacity; Bryan Goza, individually and in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 25, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eduardo Alberto Flechas , Ronald Earl Stutzman, Jr., Esq. , Attorney, Flechas & Associates, P.A., Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Daniel J. Griffith, Esq. , Griffith & Griffith, Jamie Ferguson Jacks, Esq., Jacks, Adams & Norquist, P.A., Cleveland, MS, David Charles Goff , Attorney, Deutsch , Kerrigan & Stiles, L.L.P. Gulfport, MS, Pamela Beth Petersen , Attorney, Taser International, Incorporated Scottsdale, AZ, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before JOLLY, DeMOSS, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Dextric Williams appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment on behalf of the defendants on all claims. We find that summary judgment was warranted and affirm.

The district court ably details the facts in its opinion below. Most relevant is that on July 23, 2010, Jermaine Williams fled from Officers Stanley Perry and Bryan Goza of the Cleveland Police Department ("CPD"). After repeated warnings that he would be tased if he continued...

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