WILLIAMS v. INDIANA STATE POLICE DEPT.

Nos. 14-2523, 14-2808.

797 F.3d 468 (2015)

Estate of William E. WILLIAMS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INDIANA STATE POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Nancy Brown, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wayne Blanchard and Walworth County, Wisconsin, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 13, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Mark Adams , Attorney, Michael K. Sutherlin , Attorney, Sutherlin & Associates, Indianapolis, IN, for Estate of William E. Williams, et al.

Kristin Garn , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Ronald J. Semler , Attorney, James S. Stephenson , Attorney, Stephenson Morow & Semler, Indianapolis, IN, Douglas A. Hoffman , Attorney, Carson Boxberger , Bloomington, IN, Kirk A. Horn , Attorney, Mandel Horn McGrath & Reynolds, PC, Carmel, IN, for Indiana State Police Department, et al.

Michael W. Rathsack , Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Nancy Brown.

Samuel C. Hall, Jr. , Attorney, Crivello Carlson, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, for Wayne Blanchard and Walworth County, Wisconsin.

Before RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges, and KENNELLY, District Judge.


We have consolidated for decision these two appeals, heard on the same day, that present similar issues of law relating to the reasonableness of force under the Fourth Amendment. In both cases, family members called police officers to their home because a family member had locked himself in a room of his home and was threatening...

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