United States Eleventh Circuit

Summary judgment was properly granted to defendant-officer in this section 1983 suit arising out of a traffic stop and arrest. Truck's inoperable tag light was probable cause for the stop; defendant's belligerent and confrontational behavior justified the arrest; use of taser gun to effectuate the arrest did not constitute excessive force.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/17/2004
• Published 05/17/2004

Judges

• HULL, Circuit Judge:, Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, HULL, Circuit Judge, and EDENFIELD , District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Millard C. Farmer, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher Dean Balch, Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.