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COUSIN v. SMALL

No. 01-30745.

325 F.3d 627 (2003)

Shareef COUSIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Anthony SMALL, et al., Defendants, Byron Berry, Roger Jordan, and Harry Connick, Individually and in His Capacity as District Attorney for Orleans Parish, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 24, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clive A. Stafford-Smith, Louisiana Crisis Assistance Center, New Orleans, LA, Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Ian Heath Gershengorn (argued), Jenner & Block, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

William Francis Wessel (argued), Victoria Lennox Bartels, Wessel & Associates, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before SMITH and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges, and FITZWATER, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Shareef Cousin sued employees of the police department and the district attorney's office, alleging various violations of his constitutional rights in connection with his prosecution for the murder of Michael Gerardi. The district court found for defendants on immunity grounds. Finding no error, we affirm.

I.

On March 2, 1995, Gerardi and Connie Babin emerged from dinner at a New Orleans restaurant. As they neared Gerardi's car, three...

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