HERREN v. BOWYER

No. 87-8781.

850 F.2d 1543 (1988)

Vincson HERREN and Woody Eugene Herren, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. E.J. BOWYER, Individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Lee County, Georgia, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Finkelstein, Albany, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas F. Richardson, Harris, Watkins, David & Chambless, Macon, Ga., C. Nathan Davis, Albany, Ga., for Bower.

Before KRAVITCH and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and NICHOLS, Senior Circuit Judge.


KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Vincson and Woody Herren filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against E.J. Bowyer, the Sheriff of Lee County, Georgia, alleging, among other things, that Bowyer arrested them without probable cause. Concluding that Bowyer was entitled to qualified immunity, the district court granted summary judgment on all of the federal claims. We reverse the grant of summary judgment on the appellants' illegal arrest claim.

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