Garza v. Smith

OPINION

GILBERTO HINOJOSA, Justice.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether appellants in their individual capacities are entitled to qualified immunity. Ap-pellee, Paul Harvey Smith, sued Cameron County and appellants, both individually and in their official capacities, alleging that appellants erroneously and negligently entered another man’s record of arrest and indictment for theft under Smith’s name. Smith claims that the arrest and indictment refer to a different Paul Smith who is much older. Although the indictment against the other man was later dismissed, Smith’s own record still…