Legal Opinion
Paul Stephens v. Nick Degiovanni, individually
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 30, 2017No. 15-10206PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAY, Circuit Judge:
Paul Stephens appeals summary judgment granted to Broward Deputy Sheriff Nick DeGiovanni based on qualified immunity in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, alleging false arrest and excessive force. We affirm summary judgment granted to Deputy DeGiovanni on Stephens’s false-arrest claim, but we vacate summary judgment granted to Deputy DeGiovanni on Stephens’s excessive-force claim, since Deputy DeGiovanni is not protected by qualified immunity because of the force he used in arresting Stephens on misdemeanor charges. We remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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