Legal Opinion
Ramona Hinojosa v. Brad Livingston
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 18, 2015No. 14-40459PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:
In this interlocutory appeal, Brad Livingston, Rick Thaler, and William Stephens (collectively “Defendants”) challenge an order of the district court that deferred ruling on their motion to dismiss on the basis of qualified immunity and ordered limited discovery. Because the district court correctly concluded that the complaint was sufficient and that further factual development was needed to rule on Defendants’ qualified immunity defense, and because the discovery that the district court ordered was narrowly tailored to the facts needed to rule on the…
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