Legal Opinion
Eric Heilman v. Jefferson County
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 12, 2016No. 15-40010UnpublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge: *
Eric Heilman appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims against defendants, the City of Beaumont and the Beaumont Chief of Police. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM.
I. BACKGROUND
The following facts are consistent with Heilman’s second amended complaint. Heilman was a police officer in the Beaumont Police Department. On October 13, 2008, Heilman and his partner arrested a suspect based on evidence provided by a confidential informant. Heilman did not disclose the confidential informant at the time of the arrest or in his…
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