United States Eleventh Circuit

A sheriff deputy is entitled to qualified immunity from a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit arising out of a police chase, because U.S. Supreme Court decisions did not provide fair warning to the deputy that his alleged conduct violated plaintiff's Fourth Amendment rights.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/03/2003
• Published 01/22/2003

Judges

• COX, Circuit Judge:, Before CARNES, COX and NOONAN , Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey J. Dean, Waycaster, Morris, Johnson & Dean, Dalton, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Frank M. Lowrey, IV, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, Bruce A. Taylor, Jr., Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.