Legal Opinion
Moore v. McDonald
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 2, 1994No. 93-01941PublishedCited by 425 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, Curtis Lynn Moore, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and detained, and following the dismissal of criminal charges, brought an in forma ‘pau-peris action against appellee, Deputy Sheriff Lynn McDonald, for violation of his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988). Moore alleged that McDonald falsely stopped, detained, searched, and arrested him, and gave perjured testimony at a pretrial suppression hearing. The district court granted summary judgment for McDonald on the perjury claim and later dismissed the remainder of Moore’s…
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