United States Fifth Circuit

In a suit alleging that police officers arrested plaintiffs illegally and with excessive force, summary judgment of dismissal on the basis of qualified immunity is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) defendant did not use excessive force in arresting one plaintiff, nor did he fail to supervise the officers who arrested the second plaintiff, and was entitled to qualified immunity on those counts; but 2) triable factual issues remained as to the grounds for the first plaintiff's arrest, and as to her state-law tort claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/24/2008
• Published 09/24/2008

Judges

• SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, STEWART and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James E. Diaz, Sr. (argued), Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., John Goulding Swift (argued), Swift & Rhoades, Lafayette, LA, for Prejean.