Legal Opinion
Ernest Edgar Black Jeff Wigington
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 22, 2016No. 15-10848PublishedCited by 156 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
This interlocutory appeal requires us to decide whether four police officers are entitled to immunity from suit. It stems from an unpleasant run-in between the plaintiffs, Ernest and Amy Black, and the sheriffs department in Rockdale County, Georgia. Several police officers searched the Blacks’ trailer because they thought it belonged to someone else. There the officers found large amounts of contraband. The officers then arrested the Blacks, and Ernest spent over a month in jail. While incarcerated, Ernest was injured, and the medical staff placed him in a…
2Cases cited52 opinions
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