Legal Opinion
Rivas v. Freeman
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 9, 1991No. 88-5377PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
In this case where an arrest and incarceration resulted from misidentification and the lack of policies, procedure, and standards, we affirm the district court’s award of damages against the Sheriff, but reverse the award against the Sheriff’s deputies.
FACTS
In March 1982, Alfredo Falcon Rivas and two other young men, Gerardo Ñapóles and Petro Rubi, were traveling in a light blue Camaro automobile in the Florida Keys (Monroe County). As they traveled south on U.S. 1 in Marathon, Deputy Carolyn Foy, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, initiated a roadside stop. Deputy Foy…
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