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981279P.pdf   01/25/1999  Marsha Ann Mettler  v.  Edward M. Whitledge
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  98-1279
                          and No:  98-1280
   District of Minnesota   
   Deputies were entitled to qualified immunity on excessive force
   claim; officers may return fire after a suspect shoots; plaintiff
   failed to establish municipal custom of unlawful use of force or
   improperly investigating shootings; plaintiff failed to establish
   a conspiracy.