Legal Opinion
Petta v. Rivera
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1998No. 95-40157PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
2Per curiam
IT IS ORDERED that the petition for rehearing is DENIED. The original opinion and dissent2 are vacated and the following are substituted therefor.
Officer Adrian Rivera (“Rivera”) appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for summary judgment based on the defense of qualified immunity. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and render.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Because the parties dispute certain facts, we summarize the relevant incidents drawing inferences in the light most favorable to the nonmovants. See Pfannstiel v. City of Marion, 918 F.2d 1178, 1183 (5th…
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