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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Kleeh grants in part and denies in part the Lewis County Commission and three deputy sheriffs’ motion for summary judgment in a wrongful death suit claiming the deputies contributed to a parolee’s death when, following the parolee’s arrest on an outstanding warrant, they beat and tazed him while he was face-down on the ground. After determining the estate’s seven state clams is just one for wrongful death under different theories of liability, the court finds the deputies’ actions could be interpreted by a jury as “malicious, in bad faith, wanton, or reckless.” In addition to the finding in favor of the county on all the estate’s claims, including a federal Monell claim for the deputies’ possibly unconstitutional actions in violation of local law, custom or policy, the court finds the deputies are entitled to qualified immunity on the estate’s excessive use of force claim, determining it was not clearly established the parolee had a right not be tazed in his encounter with them.