William J. Klein v. Lawrence Ryan and Frank Lombardo

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1988-05-16

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HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Klein brought this action against defendants Ryan and Lombardo under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . Klein claims that the defendants violated his fourth and fourteenth amendment rights when they shot Klein as he was fleeing after committing a burglary. The district court granted the defendants’ motion for su…

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