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THOMAS v. CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO

No. 16-3375.

854 F.3d 361 (2017)

William THOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO; Kimberley Jacobs; William T. Kaufman, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 19, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Nicholas A. DiCello , SPANGENBERG, SHIBLEY & LIBER, LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Timothy J. Mangan , CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Nicholas A. DiCello , Jeremy A. Tor , SPANGENBERG, SHIBLEY & LIBER, LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Timothy J. Mangan , Janet R. Hill Arbogast , CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellees.

Before: McKEAGUE, GRIFFIN, and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

This case primarily concerns an officer's decision to fire his weapon. Specifically, whether that decision was reasonable when an apparent suspect exited an ongoing burglary 40 feet away from the officer and then ran towards the officer with a gun. For the following reasons, we hold that it was and that...

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