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SHIPP v. McMAHON

No. 98-31317.

199 F.3d 256 (1999)

Cherie SHIPP, Jerry Gates, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Royce L. McMAHON, Sheriff of Webster Parish, Louisiana, Steve Cropper, Webster Parish Sheriff's Office Deputy, Betty Shipp, Webster Parish Sheriff's Office Deputy, Theodore L. Riser, Sheriff of Webster Parish Louisiana, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 7, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Clay Walker (argued), Walker, Tooke, Lyons & Jones, Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Edwin L. Blewer, Jr., James Richard Sterritt (argued), Gregg A. Wilkes, Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, Shreveport, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before POLITZ and STEWART, Circuit Judges, and LITTLE, District Judge.

CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

This case involves the appellants' challenge to the district court's denial of their motion to dismiss the appellee's claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state tort law. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the district court's ruling.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The appellee, Cherie Shipp (Shipp), was involved in an abusive marriage with her husband, Dalton Shipp ("Dalton"), in Shreveport,...

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