Besson v. Webre

ORDER AND REASONS

SARAH S. VANCE, District Judge.

In this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Louisiana law, defendant Ronald Ma-comber seeks summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds. 1 Because there are genuine issues of material fact as to whether Macomber violated clearly established rights of which a reasonable officer would have known, the Court DENIES Macomber’s motion.

I. BACKGROUND

This case arises out an incident that occurred during the evening of September 4, 2008, shortly after Hurricane Gustav struck south Louisiana. That evening, plaintiff Albert Besson went to the Renovations…