COX v. COUNTY OF PRINCE WILLIAM

No. 00-2159.

249 F.3d 295 (2001)

Joan H. COX, Individually, and as Widow and Personal Representative of the Estate of Brian J. Cox, Deceased; and as Mother and Legal Guardian of Brian Justin-Tyler Cox, a minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF PRINCE WILLIAM; Charlie T. Deane, Individually and as Chief, Prince William County Police Department; James Ford, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Police Officer; Mark J. Harman, Individually and in his Official Capacity; Robert C. Shaul, Individually and in his Official Capacity, Defendants-Appellees, and Prince William County Sheriff's Department; Prince William County Police Department; Mark Hamill, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Police Officer; John Does 1-10, Supervisors and Trainers at the Prince William County Police Department; John Does, 11-20, Individually and in their Official Capacities as Police Officers in the Prince William County Police Department, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 4, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Patrick Michael Regan, Regan, Halperin & Long, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Sharon Elizabeth Pandak, Office of the County Attorney, Prince William, VA, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Thanos Basdekis, Regan, Halperin & Long, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Gifford R. Hampshire, Office of the County Attorney, Prince William, VA, for Appellees.

Before KING and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.


OPINION

GREGORY, Circuit Judge:

Joan Cox, individually and as widow and personal representative of the Estate of Brian J. Cox, and as mother and legal guardian of Brian Justin Tyler Cox, a minor ("Appellant"), appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment to the Appellees on her claims of excessive force pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West Supp.2000) and assault, battery, and wrongful...

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