Legal Opinion
Josh Williams v. Scott Decker
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 18, 2014No. 13-2074PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
Josh Williams and Phillip Porter brought claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against law enforcement officers Scott Decker, Jeffrey Forck, and Matthew Stephens (“the officers”). These claims arose from an incident in which the officers drew their weapons, removed Williams and Porter from a vehicle, handcuffed them, performed a protective sweep of the vehi-ele, and eventually released them. The district court 1 granted the officers’ motion for summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity. Williams and Porter appeal, and we affirm.
I. Background
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