FONTENOT v. CORMIER

No. 94-40271.

56 F.3d 669 (1995)

Toinette M. FONTENOT & Willard Brandenburg, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dallas CORMIER, et al., Defendants, Bob Finley, Donald Brown, Scott Bussey & Joe Guidry, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 20, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Glenn Marcantel, Jr., Matt & Marcantel, Eunice, LA, for appellants.

Andre J. Bussion, Jennings, LA, Freeman R. Matthews, Usry & Weeks, Metairie, LA, for appellees.

Before DAVIS and WIENER, Circuit Judges, and VANCE, District Judge.


VANCE, District Judge:

Toinette Fontenot and Willard Brandenburg appeal from an order by a United States Magistrate Judge in the Western District of Louisiana granting judgment as a matter of law to the defendants on the grounds of qualified immunity and conditionally granting the defendants' motion for a new trial. We affirm the magistrate judge's order as to Willard Brandenburg, but we reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion as to...

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