Oscar F. SANCHEZ; Liliana Sanchez, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Charles SWYDEN, Inspector, et al., Defendants,
Warren K. Hayward, Officer, et al., Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 13, 1998.
January 13, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Janice A. Cassidy, San Benito, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Andrea Chan, Office of the City Attorney for the City of Houston, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellants Michael S. Lewellen, Barry J. McDermott, P. Pohl, Sam Nuchia, Frank Frank Jackson, Mark V. Mancuso.
Richard H. Cobb, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant W.H. Bearden.
Scott Anthony Durfee, Office of the Harris County District Attorney, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant Bill Delmore.
Bobby Nick Turner, Office of the County Attorney for the County of Harris, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellants Judy Porter, Johnny Klavenhagen, Andrew White.
W. Michael Fisher, Roerig, Oliveira & Fisher, Brownsville, TX, for Defendants-Appellants Sarah Hunter, Floyd Duncan, John P. Chandler.
Before JONES, SMITH and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
STEWART, Circuit Judge:
This is a case about mistaken identity, and it comes to us on appeal from a denial of qualified immunity in a § 1983 suit brought by plaintiffs Oscar F. Sanchez (Sanchez) and Liliana Sanchez against a number of public officials.1 Sanchez alleged that he was illegally detained for twenty-six hours in violation of his due process rights. The defendants filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing that they were...
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