HALE v. TOWNLEY

Nos. 92-5208, 93-4090.

19 F.3d 1068 (1994)

Billy J. HALE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carl TOWNLEY, et al., Defendants-Appellants. Billy J. HALE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carl TOWNLEY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

As Corrected on Reconsideration May 13, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Drake Lee, Edwin L. Blewer, Jr., James R. Sterritt, Gregg A. Wilkes, Julia E. Blewer, Cooke, Yancey, King & Galloway, Shreveport, LA, for Carl Townley.

Van B. Mathews, Spears & Spears, John M. Frazier, Peatross, Greer & Grazier, Shreveport, LA, for E. Keith Fox, Russell Stroud, in No. 92-5208.

Henry Clay Walker, Sigrid K.J. Bonner, Walker, Tooke, Perlman & Lyons, Shreveport, LA, for Billy J. Hale in No. 92-5208.

Henry C. Walker, Michelle M. Andrepont, Walker, Tooke, Perlman & Lyons, Shreveport, LA, for Billy J. Hale in No. 93-4090.

John M. Frazier, Asst. County Atty., Van B. Mathews, Jerald N. Jones, County Atty., Shreveport, LA, for Russell Stroud, E. Keith Fox in No. 93-4090.

Before REAVLEY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges, and ROSENTHAL, District Judge.


ROSENTHAL, District Judge:

Billy J. Hale, plaintiff below, sued fifteen law enforcement officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging conspiracy to retaliate for Hale's exercise of his right of access to the courts; unconstitutional search and seizure; and the use of excessive force during search and arrest. Each defendant filed a motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. The district court granted the motions for summary judgment for ten of the defendants...

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