Legal Opinion
McClendon v. City of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 26, 2001No. 00-60256PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
Peter McClendon appeals an adverse grant of summary judgment dismissing his claims against the City of Columbia and Officer James Carney. For the reasons assigned, we affirm in part and reverse in part.
BACKGROUND
On July 12, 1993 Kevin Loftin shot Peter McClendon with a gun he received from Officer Carney of the Columbia, Mississippi Police Department. Carney alleges that the gun which was “loaned” to Loftin had been seized by the police department in a raid on an unrelated suspect’s home, and that Officer Carney had been keeping it in his desk at work. Lof-tin was a…
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