Legal Opinion
Constance Westfall v. Jose Luna
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 13, 2018No. 16-11234; C/w 16-11708PublishedCited by 257 opinions
1Per curiam
Police officers arrived at Constance Westfall's home at 2:00 a.m. to investigate allegations made against her son of trespass into a neighbor's home. What could have been a simple inquiry quickly escalated, resulting in one officer entering Westfall's home, two officers forcing and holding her to the ground, and Westfall's arrest for interfering with the officers' public duties. Because we conclude that genuine fact issues exist as to whether certain of the officers' actions were objectively reasonable, we REVERSE and REMAND the district court's grant of summary judgment to Officers Nathaniel…
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