United States Eleventh Circuit

Where the female defendant was stopped by a male officer for excessive honking of her car's horn, the officer was entitled to qualified immunity on a wrongful arrest claim, however he was not entitled to qualified immunity on excessive force claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/05/2002
• Published 03/05/2002

Judges

• MARCUS, Circuit Judge:, Before BARKETT and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and MILLS , District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Ronald Jay Cohen, Hialeah, FL, Myrna D. Bricker, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant., Lance R. Stelzer, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.