United States Fourth Circuit

A deputy, charged with using excessive force against a handcuffed, secured citizen who was neither suspected of any crime nor fleeing a crime scene, is not entitled to qualified immunity as a matter of law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/15/2003
• Published 04/15/2003

Judges

• Before LUTTIG and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Eric Robert Bellas, Simpson, Kuehnert, Vinay & Bellas, P.A., Morganton, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Rachel Ellen Daly, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellees.   ONBRIEF:  Daniel A. Kuehnert, Simpson, Kuehnert, Vinay & Bellas, P.A., Morganton, North Carolina;  Robert M. Elliot, Elliot, Pishko, Gelbin & Morgan, P.A., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellant.   Tyrus V. Dahl, Jr., James R. Morgan, Jr., Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, North Carolina;  Kimberly C. Stevens, Stevens & Withrow, P.L.L.C., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellees.