Byrd v. City of Bossier

MEMORANDUM RULING

ELIZABETH ERNY FOOTE, District Judge.

Before the Court are motions for summary judgment filed by the City of Bossi*667er, Officer Roy Short, the City of Shreveport, Detective Robert Gordon, Sergeant W.W. Lindsey, and Corporal Christopher Yarborough. [Record Documents 38 and 41]. The Plaintiff, Bobby Byrd (“Mr. Byrd”), brings claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Louisiana tort law, alleging that the defendant officers used excessive force when they fished him out of the Red River. Mr. Byrd jumped into the Red River after leading the officers on a car chase through downtown Shreveport,…