Lt. Jay Steinke shot and killed Jimmie Sanders at Jack’s Apple Pub on May 21, 2017. In July 2020, the Sanders estate filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court, accusing Steinke of unreasonable use of force. Judge Pamela Pepper apologized Tuesday for allowing the case to be pending for an “unforgivably long time.”In a telephone conference Tuesday, Judge Pamela Pepper said she would grant the defendant’s motion to dismiss the case. The judge called the situation “the very definition of tragic,” as Sanders had nothing to do with the fight. Judge Pepper ruled Steinke’s actions indeed constituted a ‘seizure’ under the Fourth Amendment due to his intentional act to fire his gun in an attempt to stop the threat.