Tamara Brand v. Kevin Casal

MARTIN, Circuit Judge:

Shortly before midnight on February 7, 2011, Gwinnett County Sheriff Deputies Kevin Casal and Teresa Pardinas went .to the Snellville, Georgia home of Tamara Brand and Theotis Brand to execute an arrest warrant for their son, Wesley. By the time this encounter ended, Mrs. Brand and peputy Casal had been in a physical alternation, and Deputy Pardinas had tasecj Mrs. Brand. The Brands sued Deputy Casal and Deputy Pardinas (“defendants”) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Brands also made claims under Georgia’s…