MOORE v. GWINNETT COUNTY

No. 91-8500.

967 F.2d 1495 (1992)

Monica L. MOORE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GWINNETT COUNTY, and XYZ Company, and John Doe, jointly and severally, Defendants, J.O. Meadows, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 6, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Carothers, County Atty., Gwinnett County Dept. of Law, Jonathan Weintraub, First Asst. County Atty., Sharon J. Strange Stepler, Asst. County Atty., Lawrenceville, Ga., for defendants-appellant.

J. Matthew Dwyer, Jr., Weinder, Dwyer and Yancey, Atlanta, Ga., Anne Woolf Sapp, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, BIRCH, Circuit Judge, and RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal we review the district court's denial of summary judgment sought by a defendant police officer on the basis of qualified immunity. Plaintiff-appellee Monica Moore sued defendant-appellant James O. Meadows under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) and various state law theories based upon the facts surrounding her arrest for a traffic offense in August 1988. With respect to her action for damages under section 1983, the appellee claimed...

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