HUDSON v. HUDSON

No. 05-6575.

475 F.3d 741 (2007)

Justin HUDSON, Surviving Child of Jennifer Braddock, Deceased, by his next friend (Guardian) Pamela Davis; Pamela Davis, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Susan HUDSON, et al., Defendants, Memphis Police Officer Owen, # 6420, individually; Memphis Police Officer Morris, # 1866, individually, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Mary Elizabeth McKinney, Godwin, Morris, Laurenzi & Bloomfield, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellants. William T. Winchester, The Law Offices of William T. Winchester, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Mary Elizabeth McKinney, Deborah E. Godwin, Godwin, Morris, Laurenzi & Bloomfield, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellants. William T. Winchester, The Law Offices of William T. Winchester, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellees.

Before: BOGGS, Chief Judge; COOK, Circuit Judge; ROSE, District Judge.


OPINION

COOK, Circuit Judge.

Defendants, two Memphis police officers, appeal the district court's denial of qualified immunity from the claims against them by Plaintiffs Justin Hudson and Pamela Davis for violating Jennifer Braddock's Fourteenth Amendment right to due process of law. We reverse and hold that these defendants are entitled to qualified immunity.

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Because this appeal comes to us on a motion to dismiss, we construe the complaint...

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