Court of Appeals for the First Circuit November 27, 1985, 85-1078 (Lois Thurston Kibbe, Administrator of the Estate of Clinton Thurston v. City of Springfield)

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellee Lois Thurston Kibbe, administratrix of the estate of Clinton Thurston, filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that appellant City of Springfield and a number of its police officers deprived Thurston of his civil rights in a motor vehicle pursuit that ended with a police officer shooting Thurston in the head, causing his

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death.