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The question over whether Lionel Messi really can cut it on a cold, wet Tuesday night at Stoke is as close to being answered as ever before thanks to a dramatic weekend at Barcelona that has left the star's Camp Nou future up in the air.
While a place on the bench as Barcelona fell to a 1-0 defeat against David Moyes' Real Sociedad on Sunday may have acted as another failure against under-fire coach Luis Enrique, Messi's absence from training the following day set alarm bells ringing at the Camp Nou. Those bells may have been heard as far as Premier League pair Chelsea and Manchester City, both of whom have tenuously been linked with his services over the past 18 months.
The events involving the four-times Ballon d'Or winner over the past 48 hours may not be entirely new, nor will they indicate an imminent departure away from the club that has helped him become arguably the greatest player that has played the game. They are, however, the current tip of an iceberg that has been growing this season and the biggest indication yet that his future may lie away from Catalonia.
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1/14 Daniele de Rossi
Midfield dynamo Daniele De Rossi kindly alerted opposition players of his sharp-tackling reputation by brandishing a bright yellow warning tattoo that looks more like a slipping hazard sign than anything else (perhaps Arjen Robben should book himself in with the same artist). Sadly, however, the ink is on his calf and gets hidden by his socks during games. As a result, the joke is somewhat wasted.
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2/14 Mauricio Pinilla
Why would the Chile striker want to re-live this moment, every single day for the rest of his life? In the 119th minute of the World Cup last-16, Pinilla smashed ha shot against the crossbar against hosts Brazil. Had it gone in, Chile would have made the quarter-final against Colombia. The inscriptions reads: 'One centimetre from glory'.
3/14 Wayne Rooney
England striker Wayne Rooney has the title of the Stereophonics third studio album etched on his arm, although the tattoo has also been interpreted as a humorous personal reflection of his own academic failure. Rooney famously didn't achieve any GCSE's, but given his £300,000 a week contract he probably doesn't care too much.
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4/14 Mario Balotelli
The Italian troublemaker had a quote from the Mongolian war-machine Genghis Khan written on his chest to celebrate his first goal of the 2012/13 season for Manchester City. It says "If you had not committed great sins/ God would not have sent/ A punishment like me upon you". While the behaviour of the Italian could indeed be seen as a "punishment" to those around him, comparing himself to one of the greatest war leaders in history seems excessive… yet completely in-character.
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5/14 James Rodriguez
Arguably the player of the tournament so far, James Rodriguez's sweet left foot has no doubt been inspired by the strange image of Jesus on his lower leg. With five goals and two assists already, the Colombian winger will be praying that his religious icon can smite Brazil in the quarter-finals and propel Columbia to the title.
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6/14 Arturo Vidal
The midfield ace, strongly linked to Manchester United this summer after his impressive performances at the World Cup, has a selection of body art that is equally as eye catching and somewhat perplexing. He a tattoo on his arm showing his skin tearing away to reveal a Spiderman costume beneath, which confusingly inverts the whole idea of a superhero disguise. Unless Peter Parker is dressed as Spiderman dressed as Arturo Vidal that is.
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7/14 Lukas Podolski
The German striker probably rues the day he got a large tattoo of the Cologne crest on his bicep before making a big-money move to Arsenal soon after. Especially since he has hardly been a hit for the Gunner's since joining two years ago. If Robin van Persie did the same before his move to Manchester United he would never see the end of it, nor will Podolski, as he is now stuck with it for life.
8/14 Raul Meireles
Tattoos generally carry some sort of emotional meaning; be it to celebrate the memory of a loved one or commemorate an important date (as without a constant bodily reminder, we would of course forget important life events). With that in mind, the symbolic dragon etched across the whole of Raul Meireles' back represents the six happy years of his life he spent at Porto who are nicknamed "The Dragons". This seems a bit excessive given his Champions League victory with Chelsea only merited the word "LOVE" written across his right knuckle with the "O" assuming the Champions League logo.
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9/14 Nigel de Jong
The former Manchester City hard-man has shown his soft side with an intricate butterfly effect pattern that wouldn't look out of place on a church floor. The design itself is rather tasteful, but the way it has spread like wildfire from his chest onto his neck and hands makes you wonder where it will stop. If rumours linking him to Manchester United are to be believed, expect a more ornately decorated Nigel De Jong than the one who left City two years ago.
10/14 Lionel Messi
He may be the world's best with the ball at his feet but the Argentine's tattoo choices leave much to be desired. The portrait on his back of Julia, his mother, is probably the last thing his wife would want to see if he rolls over in bed. Also, the picture of his son's handprints on his left foot is frankly bizarre. It looks like something is reaching out of the ground and is trying to drag him to hell.
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11/14 Lionel Messi (again)
The world's most precious left leg features a football, a sword, some wings and the No 10. Out of ideas that day, Lionel?
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12/14 Wesley Sneijder
No-one knows whether the disembodied head on Wesley Sneijder's ribcage is actually Michael Jackson or not, but whether intentional or otherwise, it really is an incredibly likeness. The Dutch international scored a vital goal against Mexico to seal a place for Holland in the quarter finals which keeps alive the possibility of Sneijder's Champions League tattoo being joined by a World Cup one in between the "Thriller" singer.
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13/14 Sir Alex Ferguson(ish)
A Manchester United fan didn't put enough preparation, research and attention at school into this tattoo, as he emerged from the parlour with 'Sir Alex Feguson' permanently inked on his forearm.
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14/14 Carlos Tevez
The former Manchester United and City striker already had a full sleeve on his right arm, but added to that by covering the whole of his back with various figures, with a sun near the top. The work, done by famed artist Piotrek Taton, is impressive up close, but looks like a giant black smudge from afar.
That the 27-year-old was only a substitute in San Sebastian on Sunday as La Liga resumed following its winter break is not the most pressing matter. He joined Neymar and Dani Alves, players who were also granted an extended break over the festive period and were perhaps not ready for 90 minutes in the eyes of their coach. Ter Stegen, Gerard Pique, Ivan Rakitic and Rafinha also made up more than €200m worth of talent on the bench.
Missing the first match of a new year is also nothing new for the freescoring forward. Despite the initial furore over Luis Enrique leaving his talisman on the bench, Messi has only ever started in one game after returning from the winter break, under the guidance of the late Tito Vilanova in 2013. On the other ten occasions since making his debut in 2004, he was either a substitute, injured or not involved at all.
That he missed training with the explanation that he had gastroenteritis, a stomach upset in other words, was more telling. It came just days after long-serving team-mate Xavi told a Barcelona TV journalist that "in football, a 'stomach bug' is seen as an excuse". The timing could not have been worse for the club. "[A player] might feel bad at first but you take a tablet then go out to play." Lionel Messi is a player who wants to play in every minute of every game and every training session.
He did not just miss any training session. The session was open for Barcelona fans to attend and watch their idols at the club's 'Mini Estadi', which sits alongside the Camp Nou. A crowd of 11,300 was announced and plenty of them, most children, will have left disappointed at not seeing Messi in action. The squad paid a visit to a local hospital straight after and there was still no sign of the club's leading star.
It played out just hours before the club's sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta was sacked and Carles Puyol, a Barcelona idol, decided to leave after being Zubizarreta's assistant for three-and-a-half months. The Fifa ban imposed on the club that prevents them from making signings this transfer window or in the summer still stands and to say Luis Enrique has endured a rocky start to life at the helm is to put it mildly. The Barcelona ship is on rocky waters.
Whether that prompts clubs such as Chelsea, City and French big-spenders Paris St Germain, the three believes to have a chance of affording the Argentine should he decide to leave, to up their interest remains to be seen. If they do have serious aims to complete the signing of the decade then there has been no better time to strike than now.
Messi, not usually one for the media spotlight but who can be media savvy, hinted at a possible departure earlier this season before he faced Portugal in an international friendly at Old Trafford. "I live the present," he told Argentinian newspaper Ole. "All I am thinking about is making this a great year and winning titles, and that's it. After that, we'll see. Football is full of unexpected twists and turns ... it is true that I said I would like to stay there [Barcelona] forever, but sometimes not everything turns out the way you want."
The love affair has been crumbling over the last 18 months. Messi, understandably, has been used as an icon of the club but when he and his father, Jorge, were subject of a tax fraud case the reports in Spain were that the player was upset at the lack of support from the club. Barca had taken on a muddy case of their own after the signing of Neymar and perhaps did not want to further darken the club's name.
The signing of the Brazilian star also started rumours that there would not be enough space in the club for both of them and that it was time to cash in on the Argentine. The addition of Luis Suarez from Liverpool in the summer further strengthened some of those rumours, although the chance to see all three leading the line was too attractive for many to look beyond.
That some in the club want to see Messi leave is not new. There is a strained relationship between the player, his representatives and some at the top table of the Camp Nou. Only in late 2013 director Javier Faus said the club had no obligation to continue renewing Messi's contract. It prompted a strong, and rare, outburst from the player. "Barcelona is the best club in the world and should be represented by the best board members, too," he said. "Senor Faus is someone who doesn't know anything about football and wants to manage Barcelona like a business, which it is not."
This all comes during a season that Messi, and some of his senior team-mates, have not enjoyed the way the first-team is run. Luis Enrique started in scintillating fashion but since losing to Madrid at the Bernabeu his method of forever changing his line-up and team shape is reported to have left many players disillusioned.
Messi still has three years left on his €20m per year contract and has a buy-out clause of €250m. It would require a world-record fee to sign the Argentine and that leaves only a handful of a clubs able to put any kind of deal together, with Financial Fair Play rules making that number even slimmer. It would also require a push from all parties with Barcelona banned from signing a possible replacement until 2016. Given the magnitude of a possible departure neither Messi, adored by the Catalan public, nor Barcelona will want to be seen to be keen on a deal, especially with elections coming up next year.
That the former Newell's Old Boys player followed Chelsea, Cesc Fabregas, his close friend ever since breaking through the youth teams at Barcelona, and Filipe Luis on Instagram straight after his training no-show should be taken with a pinch of salt. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, a former rival at Real Madrid, said reports linking the club with Messi earlier this season were "obviously not true" and told BT Sport in an interview over Christmas there was "no chance". Messi also follows Manchester City on the social network website.
There may have been no chance before but if any club other than Barcelona, and boyhood club Newell's Old Boys, where he plans to retire, wants to enjoy the services of one of the greatest players to have graced the game there may be no better time to start putting in motion what would be the signing of the decade. The coming months are going to be crucial in the future of Lionel Messi.
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Come join ICHEC at Culture Night 2012!Posted on 17 September 2012
The Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC), in association with Met Éireann and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS), is joining in the celebrations of Culture Night 2012 at Dunsink Observatory. Visitors will be able to view the historic observatory, once home to world-renowned mathematician and scientist Sir William Rowan Hamilton. The astronomers at DIAS will guide us through the story of its telescope and the remarkable Dublin-based company that became one of the greatest telescope makers in the world.
In the splendid surrounds of Dunsink Observatory, the Irish Centre for High End Computing (ICHEC) will display their 3D visualisation system, which is used to help understand the intricacies of the weather and explore some of the greatest cosmic mysteries of our age. In conjunction with experts from Met Éireann, ICHEC will present the results of cutting-edge weather simulations in stunning 3D graphics. During the night, the Institute's astrophysicists will present talks on some of their own favourite astronomical topics, from highlights of the Solar System to seeing the invisible.
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PRACE 14th Call for Proposals for Project Access is now open for submissions
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SGI, a global leader in high-performance solutions for compute, data analytics and data management, announced a significant investment in extreme scale software research at the Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC)
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Cathal Ó Broin has won the IOP Computational Physics Group award 2016 for best thesis
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FRANKLINTON, La. – The Washington Parish Dairy Advisory Council and the LSU AgCenter will hold the 55th Annual Washington Parish Dairy Day June 4 at the Duncan Acres Dairy Farm near Hackley, Louisiana.
Brent and Laurie Duncan, hosts for the Dairy Day, recently completed a unique 48-cow rotary milking parlor for their nearly 500 organic milk cows, said LSU AgCenter agent Lacey Keating.
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"The program will begin at 10 a.m. with registration, followed by an introduction from Russell Creel, chair of the Washington Parish Dairy Advisory Committee," Keating said. "A short presentation on the steps required to build the rotary parlor will be followed by an award ceremony honoring those receiving 4-H, milk quality and milk production awards."
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September 24, 2007
MARY BONNER, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF BARRY BONNER, PLAINTIFF,v.UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, JOHN CLEMONS, AND OTHER UNKNOWN RAILROAD POLICEMEN, DEFENDANTS.
I. Introduction
On December 5, 2005, Plaintiff Mary Bonner, as administrator of the Estate of Barry Bonner, filed suit in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County, Illinois against Defendants Union Pacific Railroad Company ("Union Pacific"), John Clemons, and other unknown railroad policemen. (Doc. 2.) The three-count Complaint alleges that Defendants wrongfully and negligently caused the death of Barry Bonner. On March 29, 2006, Defendants filed a notice of removal based on this Court's diversity jurisdiction. (Doc. 5.) This matter is now before the Court on Defendants' motion for summary judgment. (Doc. 24.)
II. Background
On the night of November 13, 2005 at approximately 11:25 p.m. Officer John Clemons shot and killed Plaintiff's husband, Barry Bonner ("Decedent"). Defendant Clemons is a railroad policeman employed by Union Pacific to patrol the railraod under McArthur Bridge in East St. Louis, Illinois. Many of the facts surrounding the shooting are disputed and will be discussed below. The question before the Court is whether any material facts are actually in dispute, which would prevent the entry of summary judgment in Defendants' favor.
III. Motion for Summary Judgment
A. Legal Standard
Summary judgment is proper where the pleadings and affidavits, if any, "show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law." FED. R. CIV. P. 56(c); Oats v. Discovery Zone, 116 F.3d 1161, 1165 (7th Cir. 1997) (citing Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322 (1986)). The movant bears the burden of establishing the absence of fact issues and entitlement to judgment as a matter of law. Santaella v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., 123 F.3d 456, 461 (7th Cir. 1997) (citing Celotex, 477 U.S. at 323). In reviewing a summary judgment motion, the Court does not determine the truth of asserted matters, but rather decides whether there is a genuine factual issue for trial. Celex Group, Inc. v. Executive Gallery, Inc., 877 F. Supp. 1114, 1124 (N.D. Ill. 1995) (Castillo, J.). The Court must consider the entire record, drawing reasonable inferences and resolving factual disputes in favor of the non-movant. Regensburger v. China Adoption Consultants, Ltd., 138 F.3d 1201, 1205 (7th Cir. 1998) (citing Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 255 (1986)).
In response to a motion for summary judgment, the non-movant may not simply rest on the allegations in his pleadings. Rather, she must show through specific evidence that an issue of fact remains on matters for which she bears the burden of proof at trial. Walker v. Shansky, 28 F.3d 666, 670-71 (7th Cir. 1994), aff'd, 51 F.3d 276 (citing Celotex, 477 U.S. at 324). No issue remains for trial "unless there is sufficient evidence favoring the non-moving party for a jury to return a verdict for that party. If the evidence is merely colorable, or is not sufficiently probative, summary judgment may be granted." Anderson, 477 U.S. at 249-50 (citations omitted); accord Starzenski v. City of Elkhart, 87 F.3d 872, 880 (7th Cir. 1996); Tolle v. Carroll Touch, Inc., 23 F.3d 174, 178 (7th Cir. 1994). "[Non-movant's] own uncorroborated testimony is insufficient to defeat a motion for summary judgment." Weeks v. Samsung Heavy Indus. Co., 126 F.3d 926, 939 (7th Cir. 1997) . Further, the non-moving party's own subjective belief does not create a genuine issue of material fact. Chiaramonte v. Fashion Bed Group, Inc., 129 F.3d 391, 401 (7th Cir. 1997).
B. Dead Man's Act
As an initial matter, Plaintiff asserts in her response that Defendant Clemons is barred from testifying regarding the sequence of events surrounding the shooting pursuant to the Illinois Dead Man's Act unless "as part of plaintiff's casein-chief, the estate offers testimony about the sequence of shots or the actions of Mr. Clemons then, and only then, can Mr. Clemons refute such testimony." (Doc. 32, p. 4.) The Dead Man's Act provides that an adverse party shall not be allowed to testify as to any conversation or to any event which took place in the presence of the deceased unless a person testifies on behalf of the decedent's representative as to any conversation or event -- only then may an adverse party testify concerning the same conversation or event. 735 ILCS 5/8-201.
Defendants counter that Plaintiff waived the protections of the Act when she included affidavits from Frederick and Barry Bonner, Jr., Decedent's sons, describing conversations and events surrounding the shooting of the Decedent in her brief in opposition to summary judgment. Defendants argue that Plaintiff cannot use the Act as both a shield and a sword. The Court agrees.
Although Plaintiff seems to suggest that she may only waive the protections afforded under the Act during trial, many courts have found that the Act is also applicable within the context of a summary judgment proceeding. See Brown, Udell and Pomerantz, Ltd. v. Ryan, 308 Ill.Dec. 193, 369 Ill.App.3d 821, 861 N.E.2d 258 (App. 1 Dist. 2006); Groce v. South Chicago Community Hosp., 218 Ill.Dec. 453, 282 Ill.App.3d 1004, 669 N.E.2d 596 (App. 1 Dist. 1996)(rehearing denied); Rerack v. Lally, 182 Ill.Dec. 193, 241 Ill.App.3d 692, 609 N.E.2d 727 (App. 1 Dist.1992)(appeal denied) 186 Ill.Dec. 393, 151 Ill.2d 577, 616 N.E.2d 346 (holding that the trial court did not err in applying the Dead Man's Act within the context of a summary judgment proceeding).
Had Plaintiff asserted that Defendant Clemons' testimony related to the events surrounding the shooting were prohibited under the Act and offered no other individual's testimony regarding the events in her own response, then the Court would have been required under the Act to disregard Clemons' testimony about the events involving the Decedent. Instead, Plaintiff offered the affidavits of the Decedent's sons regarding the events that occurred before, during, and after the shooting on the evening of November 13, 2005. This testimony clearly falls under the waiver section of the Act. Plaintiff may not offer this testimony to defeat Defendants' motion for summary judgment and at the same time attempt to bar Defendant Clemons' testimony regarding the same event. The Court finds that Plaintiff waived the protections of the Dead Man's Act.
C. Factual Disputes
Defendants maintain that there are no genuine material disputes. Defendants' motion for summary judgment is supported by an affidavit of Officer Clemons, which recounts his version of the events surrounding the shooting of Decedent. (Doc. 24, Ex. 1.) In his affidavit, Clemons states that on the night in question*fn1 he was employed by Union Pacific Railroad Company as a railroad policeman and that he was patrolling areas of railroad property. Clemons further states that in the course of patrolling the Springfield Subdivision in East St. Louis he observed a male, first sitting in a Lexus and later standing on the street.
According to Clemons, this male, who later was identified as Barry Bonner, pointed a shotgun and then shot at Clemons' car. The shot did not hit Clemons' car. At that point, Clemons maintains that the Decedent was 35-40 feet away. Clemons states that he struggled to free himself from his seatbelt and exited his vehicle with his weapon, a 9 mm semiautomatic pistol. Clemons maintains that the Decedent was still in possession of the firearm and was pointing it at Clemons. Clemons states, "I was in fear of my life and fired twice at the subject. The subject fell down, out of sight." (Id. at ¶¶ 31-32.) Clemons was driving an unmarked vehicle and did not identify himself to Barry Bonner as a railroad police officer. Defendants argue that under Illinois law, railroad police officers like Clemons are granted police powers. 80 ILCS 80/2. As such. Clemons has the authority to make arrests and to use force, if necessary, when making such arrests.
Plaintiff does not dispute that Clemons, as a railroad police officer, has the authority to make arrests under Illinois law and to use force when making such arrests. But Plaintiff adamantly disagrees with Clemons' version of the events. In fact, Plaintiff suggests that everything outside of the fact that Barry Bonner was shot is in dispute. Plaintiff proffers the following testimony and evidence to dispute Clemons' version of the events. First, Plaintiff provides affidavits by two of Barry Bonner's sons who did not see, but heard the shooting. They each testified that they heard only one set of successive shots and that the shots did not sound like they were coming from close to the house. (Doc. 32, Exhibits B and C.) In addition, Plaintiff proffers the autopsy and toxicology reports (Id., Exhibit D), which state that there were gunshot wounds found on the anterior and posterior aspects of the abdominal region. Plaintiff also attached the Illinois State Police Investigative Report documenting the Illinois State Police Forensic Science Lab Report (Id., Exhibit F). The Report states that on the night of the shooting, a black Mossberg 500A 12 gauge shotgun was found next to decedent's body. The Report further states that no spent shell casing from the shotgun was found or located that night. Finally, the Report finds that a discharged shotgun shell was found in the chamber and seven rounds were found in the magazine well. (Id.) Plaintiff specifically argues that two material facts are in dispute: 1) the timing between the gunshots and 2) whether Officer Clemons was under threat of imminent serious physical harm.
D. Analysis
Plaintiff brings her claim under the Illinois Wrongful Death Act, 740 ILCS 180/1, and, therefore, Illinois law applies. Under Illinois law, "when an officer believes that a suspect's actions [place] him, his partner, or those in the immediate vicinity in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury, the officer can reasonably exercise the use of deadly force." Muhammed v. City of Chicago, 316 F.3d 680, 683 (7th Cir. 2002) (quoting Sherrod v. Berry, 856 F.2d 802, 805 (7th Cir. 1988) (en banc)); see also 720 ILCS 5/7-5. In Muhammed, the Seventh Circuit held that this rule applies to cases brought under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Illinois Wrongful Death Statute.
There appears to be some disagreement upon whether there is any difference between the definition of reasonable force as applied under the Fourth Amendment as compared to the Illinois Wrongful Death Statute. Plaintiff cites Bell v. Irwin, 321 F.3d 637 (7th Cir. 2003) to argue that there is a difference. In Bell the Seventh Circuit attempted to illuminate the difference between a claim coming under the United States Constitution versus state common law:
Plaintiffs seek to equate constitutional-tort litigation to common-law tort litigation, in which negligence is a matter of degree to be resolved by a jury even if all of the facts have been stipulated, provided that a reasonable argument may be made both for or against the view that the defendant was negligent. Here is where the phrase "constitutional tort" may mislead, for the Constitution is not a form of tort law. It creates legal rules. Permitting the jury freedom to determine for itself whether particular conduct was reasonable within the meaning of the fourth amendment would introduce the ex post reassessment that Graham decried. Under the Constitution, the right question is how things appeared to objectively reasonable officers at the time of the events, not how they appear in the courtroom to a cross-section of the civilian community. . . .
Id. at 641. However, the question of whether the force used was reasonable is only reached at the summary judgment stage if there are no material facts in dispute. "When material facts are in dispute, then the case must go to a jury, whether the argument is that the police acted unreasonably because they lacked probable cause, or that they acted unreasonably because they responded overzealously and with too little concern for safety." Id.
In the present case, the Court finds that there are genuine disputes regarding material facts. Although Defendants claim that Officer Clemons' affidavit is uncontradicted, the Court finds that simply not to be true. First, Officer Clemons claims that the Decedent shot at him and that he shot back twice eight seconds later. The affidavits submitted by the Decedent's sons contradict Clemons' testimony. Decedent's sons claim that they heard only one round of shots and that the shots did not sound like they were coming from close to their house. This testimony clearly calls Officer Clemons' testimony into question. Obviously, the Court may not engage in credibility determinations at this stage. The timing and sequence of shots bears on the question of whether the deadly force used by Officer Clemons was reasonable under the circumstances. This fact is material to the disposition of this case.
In addition, Officer Clemons' testified that the decedent had his shotgun aimed at Clemons prior to the second shot*fn2 and that the decedent never turned to run away. However, the autopsy report appears to contradict this testimony. The decedent had a gunshot wound in the gluteal region. This raises another material factual dispute.
These two material disputes are enough to defeat Defendant's motion for summary judgment. The Court need not consider the inferences raised by the evidence that the spent shell casing was still in the chamber and that the shotgun had never been re-cocked. These are issues the jury will have to consider.
V. Conclusion
For the foregoing reasons, the Court finds that material factual disputes exist. Therefore, the Court DENIES Defendants' motion for summary judgment..
Signed this 24th day of September, 2007.
DavidRHerndon United States District Judge
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As an innovative structure that helps to establish a liquid market in these securities, Credit Suisse's contingent convertible deal will be a boost to financial issuers that are scrambling to meet higher capital requirements from regulators.
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The Credit Suisse notes convert when the capital ratio hits 7%, three percentage points lower than the minimum core Tier-1 capital ratio of 10% imposed by the regulator. That means hitting the conversion point of the deal is a more remote possibility, which made it more attractive to institutional fixed-income investors.
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