Legal Opinion
Mary Lois Tillman v. Edward Coley, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Bleckley County, Ga.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 18, 1989No. 89-8065PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
In this case, the district court ruled that the Sheriff of Bleckley County, Georgia, was not entitled to summary judgment based on a defense of qualified immunity where the sheriff caused the arrest of a person for the purpose of identification. 703 F.Supp. 1571. We affirm.
I. FACTS
Sheriff Edward Coley, Jr., supervised an undercover drug operation in Bleckley County, Georgia, between September, 1985, and January, 1986. On October 19, 1985, shortly after midnight, an undercover police officer bought a small amount of marijuana from a young woman who identified herself as…
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