Joseph Jones v. City of Jackson, Malcolm McMillin and Les Tannehill

ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

Malcolm McMillin and Les Tannehill appeal the district court’s denial of their motion' for summary judgment, in which they claimed qualified, absolute and sovereign immunity from Joseph Jones’s causes of action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Mississippi state law. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand the case to the district court for further proceedings.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

For purposes, of this appeal we assume the truth of the following facts.

In October 1991, Jones entered guilty pleas to three separate burglary counts. In the…