Legal Opinion
Reynaldo Ramirez v. Jim Wells County, Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 15, 2013No. 11-41109PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
This is a false arrest and excessive force case following an altercation between Reynaldo Ramirez (“Ramirez”) and Deputy Jose “Taser Joe” Martinez (“Martinez”) in Jim Wells County, Texas. Martinez appeals the district court’s denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity on Ramirez’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims and state-law official immunity on Ramirez’s state-law claims. We REVERSE in part and DISMISS in part.
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Deputy Martinez, a Jim Wells County sheriffs deputy, arrived with other officers at a landscaping business owned by Ramirez to execute a warrant…
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