Legal Opinion
Brandon Backe v. Steven LeBlanc
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 16, 2012No. 11-40460PublishedCited by 293 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:
Appellants Steven LeBlane and Charles Wiley, former City Manager and former Chief of Police for the City of Galveston, respectively, seek review of a district court order permitting general discovery without resolving their assertions of qualified immunity. Appellants asserted immunity in a motion to dismiss in response to Appellees’ myriad Section 1983 claims, and the district court concluded it was “premature” to address the qualified immunity defense before general discovery. Unfortunately, the district court abused its discretion in withholding its ruling…
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