United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 17-2609 SCOTT ROBINETT, Defendant-Appellant, v. CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS, Defendant-Appellee. ____________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. No. 1:14-cv-01885-RLY-DML — Richard L. Young, Judge. ____________________

ARGUED FEBRUARY 7, 2018 — DECIDED JULY 9, 2018 ____________________

Before BAUER, ROVNER, and SYKES, Circuit Judges. SYKES, Circuit Judge. Scott Robinett and the City of Indianapolis were codefendants in a civil-rights action. Robinett, a police officer, was accused of failing to intervene in an escalating domestic dispute between two fellow police officers. The dispute ended violently in a tragic murder- suicide, and the murder victim’s estate asserted claims against Robinett and the City under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Indiana law. They won the case; the district judge r