Legal Opinion
James Ryan Singletary v. Juan Vargas
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 29, 2015No. 14-14424PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JULIE CARNES, Circuit Judge:
In August of 2012, Defendant Juan Vargas, a deputy with the Brevard County Sheriffs Office (“Sheriffs Office”), provided back-up during a drug bust of the driver of a vehicle in which Plaintiff James Singletary was a passenger. Perceiving that this vehicle was trying to run him down as he stood in front of it, Defendant fired shots at the car as he was falling to the ground. One of those shots hit Plaintiff, causing serious injury to his leg. Plaintiff sued Defendant in his individual capacity under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, contending that the above response by Defendant…
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