Legal Opinion
Evans v. Hightower
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 25, 1997No. 96-2062PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARKETT, Circuit Judge:
James Mathis and Jenkins Hightower appeal the district court’s denial of their motion for summary judgment on grounds of qualified immunity with respect to Morgan Luther Evans’s Fourth Amendment claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
The following facts were before the district court on summary judgment and are not disputed-. On September 8; 1993, at approximately 8:55 p.m., Morgan Evans was walking down Robinson Avenue in Dade City, Florida, after returning a pick-up truck to his employer’s house. Evans was about one block from his employer’s house when James Mathis, a Dade City…
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