SKOP v. CITY OF ATLANTA

No. 06-14294.

485 F.3d 1130 (2007)

Laura SKOP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF ATLANTA, GA, Officer Timothy Brown, in his individual capacity, Sergeant Thomas L. Padgett, in his individual capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 3, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Atkins, Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C., Craig Thomas Jones, Edmond & Jones, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Skop.

Cleora S. Anderson, Dennis M. Young, City of Atlanta, Law Dept., Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HULL and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and BARZILAY, Judge.


MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

This § 1983 civil rights case presents the question whether Timothy Brown, an Atlanta police officer, was entitled to qualified immunity for his arrest of Laura Skop, a woman who asked him to move his patrol car so that she could access her driveway during a heavy thunderstorm. The district court entered summary judgment for Officer Brown, who was blocking the street because a fallen tree had downed some utility lines, on the grounds that...

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