Legal Opinion
Marcus Hanks v. Randall Rogers
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 5, 2017No. 15-11295PublishedCited by 183 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES E. GRAVES, JR., Circuit Judge:
Below, the district court dismissed Marcus Hanks’s Section 1983 claim against a police officer, Randall Rogers, at summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity. We REVERSE and REMAND to the district court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. 1
FACTUAL BACKGROUND 2
On the evening of February 26, 2013, Hanks was driving slowly along Interstate 30 in Grand Prairie, Texas. Hanks hoped to find his cellular telephone on the shoulder of the road — Hanks accidentally left the phone on top of his car at the outset of his trip, and, upon…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Tennessee v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Mullenix v. LunaSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
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