Legal Opinion
Carr v. Tatangelo
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 23, 2003No. 01-14621PublishedCited by 155 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we determine whether police officers are entitled to qualified immunity when an individual was shot in the course of surveillance. The district court accorded the officers qualified immunity. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In the early morning hours of Sunday, October 24, 1999, in Monroe, Georgia, defendants-appellees, Officers Joseph Tatan-gelo, Anthony Fortson, and Damien Mercer, were pursuing an individual who had fled during an investigatory stop that involved plaintiffs-appellants Romeo Carr and Cedrick Wymbs. 1 The officers decided to patrol the New Lacy…
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