LAPLANTE v. CITY OF BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN

No. 21-1371.

30 F.4th 572 (2022)

William LAPLANTE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN; Mikael Ziegler and Brice Kerschen, individually and in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Paul D. Hudson , MILLER CANFIELD, Kalamazoo, Michigan, for Appellants. Shawn C. Cabot , CHRISTOPHER TRAINOR & ASSOCIATES, White Lake, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Paul D. Hudson , Amanda Rauh-Bieri , MILLER CANFIELD, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Jill Humphreys Steele , CITY OF BATTLE CREEK, Battle Creek, Michigan, for Appellants. Shawn C. Cabot , CHRISTOPHER TRAINOR & ASSOCIATES, White Lake, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: CLAY, GRIFFIN, and STRANCH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Defendants, Officers Mikael Ziegler ("Officer Ziegler" or "Ziegler") and Brice Kerschen ("Officer Kerschen" or "Kerschen"), appeal the district court's order denying their motion for summary judgment in Plaintiff William LaPlante's ("Plaintiff" or "LaPlante") 42 U.S.C. § 1983 excessive force action. Plaintiff...

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