U.S. Supreme Court asked to hear lawsuit against deputy in fatal shooting

The U.S. Supreme Court has a passed on action regarding the lawsuit filed against Deputy Wayne Blanchard for the fatal shooting of a man that happened in a town of Lyons in 2012. The lawyers of the Walworth County sheriff's deputy are hoping that the Supreme Court will overturn the initial lower court decision and dismiss Blanchard from his case.

The lawsuit was filed after John W. Brown, a 22-year-old  man from Lyons was shot dead. The Walworth County Sheriff's deputy, Wayne Blanchard, was on an administrative leave after the said fatal shooting occurred on an early Saturday morning. In addtion by Janesville Gazette in a report, the man was identified as John W. Brown, he was armed with a knife and was threatening suicide. By then, deputies ordered the man to drop his weapon but he refused and poked on the responding officers. One deputy thenshot the man with his service weapon.

John W. Brown was taken at the Aurora Lakeland Medical Center, Elkhorn, but was later on declared dead. The deputy who shot John W. Brown was ordered to be placed on administrative duties while there were still investigations pending. This is a standard procedure while a case is under further investigations. Moreover, Nancy Brown, the mother of John W. Brown, push through with the the lawsuit as she claims that the deputies has used inordinate forces the led to her son's death, 940 WFAW shared in a report.

According to Gazette Extra, the said petition was filed December 21, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take over and look upon the case by cause of 'inconsistent application' for qualified immunity, as also per Deputy Wayne Blanchard's attorney, Sam Hall. In addition, this is claimed to be a qualified immunity, a perk that protects law enforcement officers of any lawsuits alleging they violated and contravene a person's right.

As the lawsuit is still on process, the U.S. Supreme Court can decide to hear and eventually take over the case by February. In any case the Supreme Court will decline, the said case will proceed to trial in Milwaukee. 

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