Legal Opinion
Brown v. City of Huntsville, Ala.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 7, 2010No. 09-12965PublishedCited by 413 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, Plaintiffs-Appellants Joi Brown and Shaun Sonia bring federal and state claims for false arrest and excessive force. Plaintiffs appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the Defendants-Appellees— the City of Huntsville, Alabama (the “City”), and two police officers — on the basis of qualified immunity and state-law immunity. After review and oral argument, we affirm in part and reverse in part.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
At this juncture, we outline the Plaintiffs’ version of the events. 1
A. Brown’s Arrest
On June 2, 2005, at around…
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