Bumpers v. Cleveland

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

CLARK WADDOUPS, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This matter is before the court on Defendant Adam Cleveland’s (“Trooper Cleveland”) Motion for Summary Judgment. Trooper Cleveland 1 stopped Plaintiff Floyd Bumpers for allegedly following another vehicle too closely and for possibly having a broken windshield. Bumpers asserts that Trooper Cleveland conducted an unlawful search and seizure in violation of the Fourth Amendment and the due process and equal protection rights of the Fourteenth Amendment. Trooper Cleveland asserts he is entitled to qualified immunity because…