BIGFORD v. TAYLOR

No. 89-2837 Summary Calendar.

896 F.2d 972 (1990)

Willie BIGFORD, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joe Max TAYLOR, Individually and as Sheriff of Galveston County, Texas, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beatrice Mladenka-Fowler, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Scott Lyford, Harvey Bazaman, Asst. Co. Attys., Galveston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, WILLIAMS and DUHE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 18, 1990.

CLARK, Chief Judge:

Willie Bigford, Jr., appeals the district court's adverse judgment in his action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The court held that Galveston County, Texas sheriff's deputy Kenneth Spoor committed no constitutional tort against Bigford or, alternatively, that Spoor was protected from liability by qualified immunity. Because under the circumstances we find Spoor to be immune, we...

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