Legal Opinion
Fontenot v. Cormier
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 20, 1995No. 94-40271PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, District Judge:
Toinette Fontenot and Willard Brandenburg appeal from an order by a United States Magistrate Judge in the Western District of Louisiana granting judgment as a matter of law to the defendants on the grounds of qualified immunity and conditionally granting the defendants’ motion for a new trial. We affirm the magistrate judge’s order as to Willard Brandenburg, but we reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion as to Toinette Fontenot.
I. BACKGROUND
Shortly after 2:00 a.m. on January 21, 1991, the Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff’s Office received an…
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