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OSTLING v. CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND

No. 11-cv-5219 RBL.

872 F.Supp.2d 1117 (2012)

William OSTLING, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Douglas Ostling, deceased; Joyce Ostling; and Tamara Ostling, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, a political subdivision of the State of Washington; Jon Fehlman; and Jeff Benkert, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Washington, at Tacoma.

May 24, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Connelly, Jr., Nathan Paul Roberts, Connelly Law Offices, Tacoma, WA, for Plaintiff.

Brian Christopher Augenthaler, Richard B. Jolley, Stewart Andrew Estes, Keating Bucklin & McCormack, Seattle, WA, for Defendants.

AMENDED ORDER

RONALD B. LEIGHTON, District Judge.

On October 26, 2010, Bainbridge Island police officers responded to a rambling, quixotic 911-call placed by Douglas Ostling, a mentally-ill man living in an apartment attached to his parents' home. Within minutes of the officers' arrival, the interaction went tragically awry. The officers argue that Douglas menaced them with an axe; Plaintiffs argue that Douglas simply sought to close his apartment door....

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