Legal Opinion
Manis v. Lawson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 16, 2009No. 08-30987PublishedCited by 178 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:
Police officer Douglass Zemlik (“Zemlik”) fatally shot Michael D. Manis, Jr., (“Manis”) while responding to a call that Manis’s vehicle was idling on railroad tracks at an intersection in Gretna, Louisiana. Manis’s surviving children brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that Zemlik used excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The district court tersely denied Zemlik’s motion to sustain qualified immunity without a written explanation other than to conclude that material fact issues exist. 1 Zemlik has filed this interlocutory appeal. Because the…
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