United States Fifth Circuit

In a section 1983 suit alleging unlawful arrest and excessive force, the district court erred in denying qualified immunity to defendant-police officers where their conduct was not objectively unreasonable in light of the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/25/2005
• Published 05/25/2005

Judges

• EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:, Before JONES, WIENER, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bobby Dewayne Brown (argued), Law Office of Bobby D. Brown, Victoria, TX, for Tarver.


• For Appellees:
  
• William S. Helfand (argued), Norman R. Giles, Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.