Legal Opinion
Brothers v. Klevenhagen
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 1, 1994No. 93-02453PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs appeal a summary judgment in their excessive force suit against Harris County, Texas, and its sheriff. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.
I
On November 5, 1988, Roland Brothers, Jr., a/k/a Michael Reed, was arrested by the Jersey Village Police Department for auto theft. Brothers spent a few hours in a cell at the Jersey Village police facility. Because there were outstanding felony and misdemeanor warrants for his arrest, the Jersey Village police turned Brothers over to Harris County sheriffs deputies Barry Rizk and Robert Nichols, who transported…
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