United States DC Circuit

In a civil rights action alleging the mass arrest of demonstrators, Defendant's appeal of the denial of his motion to dismiss based on qualified immunity is dismissed, where the motion was based on disputed facts.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/06/2008
• Decided 02/20/2009
• Published 02/20/2009

Judges

• Before:  SENTELLE, Chief Judge, and HENDERSON and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marina Utgoff Braswell, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for federal appellants.   With her on the briefs were Jeffrey A. Taylor, U.S. Attorney, and R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorney.  Rudolph Contreras, Assistant U.S. Attorney, entered an appearance.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jonathan Turley argued the cause for appellees.   With him on the brief were Carl Messineo, Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, and Daniel C. Schwartz.