United States Fifth Circuit

In a section 1983 suit alleging a Fourth Amendment violation of the right to be free from unreasonable seizures, defendant-police officer is dismissed from the lawsuit, on qualified immunity grounds, in his individual capacity, but not in his official capacity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/13/2005
• Published 01/13/2005

Judges

• EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:, Before JONES, SMITH and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Hersy Jones, Jr. (argued), Law Office of Hersy Jones, Jr., Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., James Richard Sterritt (argued), Gregg A. Wilkes, Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, Shreveport, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.