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Submitted: September 22, 2009

Before MURPHY, JOHN R. GIBSON, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

This case arises from the fatal shooting of DeAunta Farrow and seizure of Unseld Nance by two police officers in West Memphis, Arkansas. The families of Farrow and Nance brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law against the two officers, as well as the chief of police, the mayor, and the city, alleging in particular excessive force and unreasonable seizure in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The district court*fn1 denied summary judgment to the officers on the basis of qualified immunity, but granted the summary judgment motions of the chief of police, the mayor, and the city. The officers appeal, and we affirm.

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