United States Eleventh Circuit

In a wrongful death action, the grant of summary judgment to defendant-police officer, based on qualified immunity, is affirmed where defendant's use of force did not violate any clearly defined preexisting law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/07/2005
• Published 07/07/2005

Judges

• KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:, Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Christopher A. Haddad, Law Office of Christopher A. Haddad, P.A., Cary Edward Klein, West Palm Beach, FL, for Robinson.


• For Appellees:
  
• Alonzo Harrison Long, U.S. Atty., Atlanta, GA, John Custer Jones, State Law Dept., Atlanta, GA, Michelle Lynn Thomas, William J. Linkous, III, DeKalb County Law Dept., Decatur, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.