GOULD v. DAVIS

No. 97-1777.

165 F.3d 265 (1998)

Clarence GOULD, Sr., individually and as husband; Lena Gould, as wife, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Andrew S. DAVIS; Lee Russo, Corporal; Philip Crumbacher, Police Officer, Defendants-Appellants, and Baltimore County; John Doe, I; John Doe, II; John Doe, III; John Doe, IV; John Doe, V; Lisa Allewalt-Hannon, Police Sergeant; Martin Lippy, Police Officer; Michael Prendergast, Police Officer, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John Edward Beverungen, Assistant County Attorney, Towson, Maryland, for Appellants. Lauren Ruth Calia, Israelson, Salsbury, Clements & Bekman, L.L.C., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Virginia W. Barnhart, County Attorney, Jeffrey Grant Cook, Assistant County Attorney, Towson, Maryland, for Appellants. Paul D. Bekman, Israelson, Salsbury, Clements & Bekman, L.L.C., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Before ERVIN and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and GOODWIN, United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.


Affirmed by published opinion, Judge ERVIN wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge GOODWIN joined. Judge WILLIAMS wrote a dissenting opinion.

OPINION

ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

Andrew Davis, Lee Russo, and Philip Crumbacher ("the officers") are police officers in Baltimore County, Maryland who appeal the district court's denial of their motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. In this § 1983 action, the officers are accused of...

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