Legal Opinion
Gutierrez v. City of San Antonio
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 8, 1998No. 97-50082PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
The family of Rene Gutierrez, Jr. (“Gutierrez”) brought suit against the defendant police officers, Lawrence Walters, Jr. and Robert Solis (the “officers”), for allegedly depriving him of his rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S.' Constitution by hog-tying him. The district court issued an order granting in part and denying in part the officers’ summary judgment and Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 (b)(6) motions. The officers now bring an interlocutory appeal seeking dismissal or summary judgment based on qualified immunity. Because we conclude that…
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