Legal Opinion
Brown v. Miller
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 27, 2008No. 06-30887PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OWEN, Circuit Judge:
Nace Jerry Miller (Miller) appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to dismiss on the grounds of qualified immunity. We affirm in part, dismiss in part, and remand for further proceedings.
I
Because this is an appeal from a denial of a motion to dismiss, these facts are taken from the pleadings and are presented in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. In 1984, Dennis Patrick Brown (Brown) was convicted of rape and sentenced to life in prison. Twenty years later, DNA testing proved him innocent, and he was released. He sued the city of Covington, Louisiana, and…
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