Horlock v. Georgia Department of Human Resources

HILL, Senior Circuit Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

Richard A. Fields and Sandra Watson, the individual defendants/appellants involved in the above-styled case, appeal the district court's denial of their motion for summary judgement on the basis of qualified immunity. As such, we review the district court’s decision on the basis of the facts viewed in the light most favorable to the party against whom summary judgment was sought, the plaintiff-appellee in this case.

Since we find that no issue of material fact exists that would preclude appellants’ entitlement to qualified immunity on the claim for a…