Legal Opinion
John Coffin v. Stacy Brandau
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 3, 2011No. 08-14538PublishedCited by 192 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
In this case, Cynthia Coffin attempted to shut her open garage door to prevent two Sarasota County Sheriffs deputies, James Lutz and Stacy Brandau, from serving a court order on her husband, John Coffin.1 As Ms. Coffin attempted to close the open garage door, Brandau stepped into the threshold, breaking the electronic-eye safety beam on the garage door and causing the door to retreat to its open position. The Deputies, who did not possess either a search warrant or an arrest warrant, entered the Coffins’ attached open garage and arrested Ms. Coffin for obstruction of…
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