EVANS v. CITY OF ZEBULON, GA

No. 02-16424.

351 F.3d 485 (2003)

Peter EVANS, Detree Jordan, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF ZEBULON, GA, Robert Loomis, individually and in his official capacity as Police Chief of the City of Zebulon, GA, Defendants, Denis Stephens, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 18, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Carothers, Thomas M. Mitchell, Carothers & Mitchell, LLC, Buford, GA, for Denis Stephens.

Dovre Christian Jensen, Clark E. Gulley, Law Office of Chris Jensen, Norman J. Slawsky, Jacobs & Slawsky, P.A., Atlanta, GA, for Peter Evans and Detree Jordan.

Thomas F. Richardson, Norman Carter Pearson, III, Chambless, Higdon & Carson, Macon, GA, for City of Zebulon, Georgia.

Laurel E. Henderson, Laurel E. Henderson, P.C., Decatur, GA, for Robert Loomis.

Before ANDERSON and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and PROPST, District Judge.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Officer Denis Stephens, of the Zebulon, Georgia, police force, appeals the district court's order denying his motion for summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity. Plaintiffs-appellees Peter Evans and Detree Jordan contend in their action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that Stephens unconstitutionally subjected them to a strip search and body cavity search after arresting them on January 22, 1999, and that Stephens conducted the searches...

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