Legal Opinion
Bellotte v. Edwards
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 11, 2011No. 10-1115, 10-1123PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, dismissed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY joined. Judge WYNN wrote a separate opinion dissenting in part.
*418OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
In this case, police officers executed a late-night, no-knock entry into a family’s home. Though the officers claim that exigent circumstances justified their conduct, we agree with the district court that the remarkably scanty rationale offered for the no-knock invasion makes an award of qualified immunity inappropriate. With respect to the denial of…
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