Bourgeois v. Strawn

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL OR FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW

LAWSON, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Roland J. Bourgeois, filed a complaint seeking damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law on the grounds that he had been arrested in violation of the Fourth Amendment and applicable state law when defendant Larn Strawn, along with the other state law enforcement officials, executed an arrest warrant on another individual wanted for various livestock crimes. The case was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict for the defendant. Believing that he is entitled to a judgment…