MINNEAPOLIS — Court documents reveal that the civil lawsuit filled by the family of Ricky Cobb II, who was killed in July 2023 by State Trooper Ryan Londregan, has been dismissed.
The family of Cobb filed the federal civil rights lawsuit back in April. The lawsuit accused Londregan and trooper Brett Seide of unreasonable seizure and excessive use of force in violation of Cobb’s Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments.
In the early hours of July 31, 2023, troopers Londregan and Seide pulled Cobb, 33, over on Interstate 94 in Minneapolis for not having his tail lights on. At the time, Cobb was wanted by Ramsey County law enforcement for violating a no-contact order in a domestic case. The interaction with the troopers ended when Londregan shot Cobb in the chest.
Londregan sought a dismissal of the unlawful seizure and excessive force claims in the lawsuit on the grounds of qualified immunity — a legal doctrine that protects government officials from lawsuits alleging the official violated a person’s rights.