United States Fifth Circuit

In a suit alleging violations of plaintiff's constitutional rights by arresting officers, dismissal of false-arrest claim is vacated and remanded, and dismissal of all other claims is affirmed where the false-arrest claim accrued on the date defendant was detained pursuant to legal process, and remand was necessary for a determination of that date. (Revised opinion)

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/22/2008
• Published 08/25/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before KING, HIGGINBOTHAM and GARZA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Norman Mapes, Prairieville, LA, pro se., Mary E. Roper, Baton Rouge, LA, for Bishop, Wenneman, Stelly and City of Baton Rouge., James Leslie Hilburn, Baton Rouge, LA, for Simpson, Englade, Cranford, Ponder, Jackson, Robert and Jones.