Legal Opinion
Almand v. DeKalb County, Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 24, 1997No. 95-8866PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:
This appeal on qualified immunity raises a question about when a police officer is or is not acting under color of state law for the purpose of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We conclude that color of state law has not been shown and reverse the denial of summary judgment to the defendant.
I. Facts1
In July 1990, Plaintiff-Appellee Mary Almand (Amand) discovered that her daughter, Monique, was missing from home.2 While posting and passing out fliers near a convenience store in Atlanta, Georgia, Amand first met the defendant, Floyd Bryant (Bryant), a police officer of the DeKalb…
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3Cited by74 opinions
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