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POOLE v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT

No. 11-30158.

691 F.3d 624 (2012)

Roger L. POOLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT; Police Department of Shreveport; Mike Vansant; John D. Stalnaker; J. Creighton, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 16, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Lee Harville (argued), Harville Law Firm, L.L.C., Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Edwin H. Byrd, III (argued), Pettiette, Armand, Dunkelman, Woodley, Byrd & Cromwell, L.L.P., Scott Jeffrey Chafin, Jr. , Law Office of Scott J. Chafin, Jr., Shreveport, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BARKSDALE, GARZA and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of the alleged use of excessive force in the arrest of Roger L. Poole ("Poole") following a traffic stop in Shreveport, Louisiana. Poole, the Plaintiff-Appellant, appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment for the defendants on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims. We AFFIRM.

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This case arises out of allegedly excessive force that Poole contends two officers used against him. A videotape...

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