VINYARD v. WILSON

No. 02-10898.

311 F.3d 1340 (2002)

Terri VINYARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Steve WILSON, Sheriff of Walker County, Georgia, Patrick Stanfield, Defendants-Appellees, Steve Dixson, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Franklin Mitchell, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Aaron Jarret Aberson, Glenn S. Bass, Goldner, Sommers, Scrudder & Bass, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HULL, WILSON and FAY, Circuit Judges.


HULL, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Terri Vinyard appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment (1) to defendant Officer Patrick Stanfield individually on her § 1983 claim for excessive force during her arrest, and (2) to defendant Sheriff Steve Wilson individually on her fraud and § 1983 claims for failure to investigate her excessive force complaint. After review and oral argument, we conclude Sheriff Wilson was entitled to qualified immunity...

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