United States Sixth Circuit

Police officers responsible for detaining plaintiff for three hours, in a police cruiser in ninety-degree heat with no ventilation, violated his Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable seizures, a right clearly established for qualified immunity purposes.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/19/2002
• Published 11/19/2002

Judges

• Before MOORE and GILMAN, Circuit Judges;  ROSEN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David L. Day (briefed), Samuel A. Gradwohl (briefed), Columbus, OH, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Randall Lee Lambert (briefed), Patricia S. Sanders (briefed), Lambert, McWhorter & Bowling, Ironton, OH, Karen J. Huey (briefed), Office of the Attorney General of Ohio, Columbus, OH, for Defendants-Appellees.