Legal Opinion
Mendenhall v. Riser
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 21, 2000No. 99-30158PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
Appellants appeal from the district court’s order denying their Motion for Summary Judgement, seeking dismissal of appellee John Mendenhall’s § 1983 civil rights complaint on the basis of qualified immunity. Because we determine that the officers acted reasonably in arresting John Mendenhall for the crime of murder, we reverse the district court and grant appellants qualified immunity on all claims asserted by Mendenhall.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On a fateful Friday the Thirteenth in September of 1996, William Myles at*228tempted to rob Deon Grisby in Cullen,…
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