United States Fourth Circuit

Where police officers had probable cause to arrest and, under the circumstances, exerted reasonable force in affecting the arrest, no violation of the arrestee-s 4th Amendment rights was established, and the officers were entitled to summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/03/2001
• Decided 01/23/2002
• Published 01/23/2002

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge, and Joseph R. GOODWIN, United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Cynthia Graham Howe, Van Osdell, Lester, Howe & Jordan, P.A., Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for Appellants.  Joshua Norris Rose, Rose & Rose, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  James B. Van Osdell, Van Osdell, Lester, Howe & Jordan, P.A., Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for Appellants.  John R. Harper II, John R. Harper II, Attorney At Law, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.