DORIETY FOR ESTATE OF CRENSHAW v. SLETTEN

No. 23-1867.

109 F.4th 670 (2024)

Wakita DORIETY, as the Administrator FOR the ESTATE OF Nasanto Antonio CRENSHAW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Matthew Lewis SLETTEN, in his individual capacity pursuant to document 6, First Amended Complaint; City of Greensboro, North Carolina, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 29, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Harry Martina Daniels, Jr., LAW OFFICES OF HARRY M. DANIELS, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellant. Patrick Michael Kane, FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Chimeaka L. White, THE WHITE LAW FIRM, PLLC, High Point, North Carolina, for Appellant. Kip D. Nelson, Greensboro, North Carolina, La-Deirdre D. Matthews, FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Senior Judge Keenan wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wynn and Judge Benjamin joined.


Nasanto Antonio Crenshaw, age 17, was shot and killed by Officer Matthew Sletten, a City of Greensboro, North Carolina, police officer who was trying to stop an allegedly stolen car that Crenshaw was driving. Crenshaw's mother, Wakita Doriety (the plaintiff), filed suit against the officer, alleging a...

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