United States Fifth Circuit

Sheriff and deputy were not entitled to absolute immunity to claims arising from the officers' seizure of store premises and turning over of inventory, in disregard of limits in a writ of replevin. Defendants were entitled to qualified immunity for Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment violations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/12/2002
• Published 11/12/2002

Judges

• JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before DAVIS, SMITH and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William S. Boyd, III (argued), William S. Boyd, III & Associates, Gulfport, MS, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• William M. Rainey, Henry Tobias Coleman (argued), Franke, Rainey & Salloum, Gulfport, MS, for Appellees.