Deputy J.K. Maston v. Thomas Jefferson Wagner

KETCHUM, Justice:

In this appeal from the Circuit Court of Tyler County, a plaintiff contends that he was improperly arrested by a deputy sheriff and a state trooper. The plaintiff claims that a reasonable jury could find that the law enforcement officers arrested him without probable cause to do so, and that, they unreasonably used excessive force that injured him during the arrest, in violation of his constitutional and statutory rights. The law enforcement officers (and their employers) contend that their actions were protected by the doctrine of qualified immunity.

In an order dated…