HOWELL v. SMITH

No. 16-1988.

853 F.3d 892 (2017)

Thom D. HOWELL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shawn SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 10, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin W. Vanderground , Attorney, Church, Church, Hittle & Antrim LLP, Merrillville, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

William W. Kurnik , Attorney, Knight, Hoppe, Kurnik & Knight, Ltd., Rosemont, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Ripple and Williams, Circuit Judges.


On May 15, 2011, Officer Shawn Smith of the Highland, Indiana Police Department received a call from his dispatcher, alerting him to a road rage incident involving the discharge of a firearm. He later came upon a car matching the description and conducted a "high-risk traffic stop."1

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