RESENDIZ v. MILLER

No. 99-30593 Summary Calendar.

203 F.3d 902 (2000)

Nahu RESENDIZ; Evaristo Landa Covarrubias, individually and on behalf of Jessie Landa Covarrubias, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Kevin MILLER, Individually & in his official capacity as officer of the Sulphur Police Department; Billy Craddock, Individually & in his official capacity as officer of the Sulphur Police Department; T.J. Andrus, Individually & in his official capacity as Chief of Police of the Sulphur Police Department; Police Dept. City of Sulphur; City of Sulphur, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 25, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Michael Crochet, Perry R. Sanders, Jr., Sanders & Crochet, Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Nora Montgomery Stelly, Allen & Gooch, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before SMITH, BARKSDALE and PARKER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Nahu Resendiz and Evaristo Landa Covarrubias filed suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994) alleging that the defendants violated their Fourth Amendment rights by arresting them without probable cause and without a warrant. The district court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity after determining that the arrest was based on probable cause. We affirm.

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