WALLACE v. CITY OF ALEXANDER, ARKANSAS

No. 15-3279.

843 F.3d 763 (2016)

Jacquelyn WALLACE, Individually and as Administratrix and Personal Representative for the Estate of Carleton J. Wallace, Plaintiff-Appellee v. CITY OF ALEXANDER, ARKANSAS; Horace Walters, Defendants. Nancy Cummings, In her official and individual capacity, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 9, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was John Lennon Wilkerson , of North Little Rock, AR.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Terrence Cain , of Little Rock, AR. The following attorney also appeared on the appellee brief; Jimmy Morris, Jr. , of Little Rock, AR.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, MURPHY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


Carleton J. Wallace was fatally shot by a police officer in Alexander, Arkansas. Wallace's estate brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against that officer, the chief of police, and the city, alleging excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The district court1 denied the...

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