SPENCER v. STATON

No. 06-30020.

489 F.3d 658 (2007)

Bernice Louise SPENCER, Individually and on Behalf of Shadow and Raevyn Spencer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jack STATON, Individually and in His Official Capacity; Dewayne Brumley, Individually and in His Official Capacity; Guffey Lynn Pattison, Individually and in His Official Capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 15, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Clay Walker, IV (argued), H. Clay Walker, V, Walker & Lyons, Shreveport, LA, for Spencer.

David F. Bienvenu (argued), Shawn Louise Holahan, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans, LA, Ronald E. Corkern, Jr., Corkern & Crews, Natchitoches, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and DAVIS and GARZA, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:

In this civil-rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Plaintiff-Appellant Bernice Spencer appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to Defendants-Appellees Detective Jack Staton, Detective Dewayne Brumley, and Sheriff Guffey Lynn Pattison. Because material fact issues exist regarding (1) whether the arrest warrant Staton and Brumley obtained was supported by probable cause, and (2) Staton's and Brumley's entitlement...

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