Tammy Brown v. Pamela Joy Byer, (Officer)--Euless, Bob Bracken, Jesse E. Carter, and Don Byrd

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Tammy Jean Brown sued several defendants under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and pendent state law theories in order to recover damages for false arrest, false imprisonment, and two strip searches. Two defendants, Pam Byer and the City of Euless, settled. A jury found defendant Bob Bracken liable under both § 1983 and state law, and found defendants Constable Jess Carter and Dallas Sheriff Don Byrd vicariously liable. The jury found the remaining defendants, David Lytle, Fred Schreyer, and Dallas County, not liable.

Bracken, Carter, and Byrd appeal. Bracken contends…