Legal Opinion
Kovacic v. Villarreal
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 17, 2010No. 10-40208PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-appellees brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against City of Laredo Police Officers Juan Villarreal and Jose D. Rubio to recover damages for the death of Zachary Kovacic. The issue on appeal is whether the defendants-appellants are entitled to summary judgment on the defense of qualified immunity. For the reasons stated below, we find that Officers Rubio and Villarreal are entitled to summary judgment and reverse the district court’s order denying it.
STANDARD OF REVIEW
We review de novo a district court’s denial of a motion for summary judgment on the basis of…
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