Legal Opinion
Patricia Juanita Wate v. Kenneth Kubler
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 12, 2016No. 15-15611PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, District Judge:
James Clifton Barnes and his aunt Paula Yount went to the beach to conduct a baptismal ritual. While in the water, Barnes became agitated. After Barnes was pulled out of the water and, following a struggle, he was handcuffed and pinned on the beach by two law enforcement officers. He was then “tased”. five times, and.. at least two of those tases occurred after Barnes had ceased resisting. Barnes died two days later. The district court denied Pinellas County Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Kubler’s motion for summary judgment seeking qualified immunity, determining that Kubler’s…
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