Legal Opinion
WBY, Inc. v. Jeffery Rutland
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 16, 2017No. 16-10490 Non-Argument CalendarUnpublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Per curiam
Defendant-Appellant Jeffrey Rutland, a lieutenant with the DeKalb County Police Department, appeals the district court’s order denying him qualified immunity from Plaintiff-Appellee Joshua Schindler’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim for wrongful arrest in violation of the Fourth Amendment. After careful review, we affirm the denial of qualified immunity.
I. Background
This case arises out of a police raid conducted by the DeKalb County Police Department at Follies, an adult entertainment club, on April 19, 2013. The raid allegedly was a “business check” for the purpose of ensuring Follies’s compliance…
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