Legal Opinion
Monica L. Moore v. Gwinnett County, and Xyz Company, and John Doe, Jointly and Severally, J.O. Meadows
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 6, 1992No. 91-8500PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal we review the district court’s denial of summary judgment sought by a defendant police officer on the basis of qualified immunity. Plaintiff-ap-pellee Monica Moore sued defendant-appellant James 0. Meadows under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) and various state law theories based upon the facts surrounding her arrest for a traffic offense in August 1988. With respect to her action for damages under section 1983, the appellee claimed that she was arrested without probable cause and that Meadows used excessive force in the conduct of her arrest. Meadows, a police…
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