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JOHNSON v. CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.

No. 96-4538.

126 F.3d 1372 (1997)

Herbert JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, a Florida Municipal Corporation, Defendant, James Sparr, Rick Earle, Dennis Sheehan, Keith Allen and Ron Pritchard, in their individual capacities, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 5, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon D. Rogers, Kelly Cheary, Frank Howard Henry, Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Scott Walter Rothstein, Michael Anthony Pancier, Kusnick & Rothstein, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before COX and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, Senior Circuit Judge.

COX, Circuit Judge:

James Sparr, Ron Pritchard, Rick Earle, Dennis Sheehan, and Keith Allen ("defendants") appeal the district court's adverse ruling on their qualified immunity defenses in this civil rights action filed by Herbert Johnson ("Johnson"). For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

I. BACKGROUND

The following background is derived primarily from the record as reflected in the parties' statements of facts. This...

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