Pasco Ex Rel. Pasco v. Knoblauch

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Officer Brad Knoblauch appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for summary judgment. For the following reasons, we reverse.

I

On April 29, 2000, Officer Brad Knoblauch (“Knoblauch”) of the Holly Springs Police Department was on a routine late-night/early-morning patrol when he observed Roy Pasco (“Pasco”) driving erratically. Believing Pasco was intoxicated, Knoblauch followed him. When Pasco failed to observe a stop sign, Knoblauch activated his lights and siren and Pasco pulled over to the side of the road. As Knoblauch exited his patrol car…