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CLUB RETRO, L.L.C. v. HILTON

No. 08-30512.

568 F.3d 181 (2009)

CLUB RETRO, L.L.C.; Lyle K. Doublet, Individually and as Manager, on behalf of Club Retro, L.L.C.; Erica L. Doublet, Individually and on behalf of Olivia Lynn Marie Doublet; Dar J. Doublet; Christine A. Smith, Individually and on behalf of Carley A. Smith; Ronnie M. Mabou; Jonathan K. Frost, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. William Earl HILTON, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Rapides Parish; Michael Slocum, Individually and In His Official Capacity as a Deputy Sheriff of Rapides Parish; Ricky Doyle, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Deputy Sheriff of Rapides Parish; Michael LaCour, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Deputy Sheriff of Rapides Parish; James Rauls, Individually and In His Official Capacity as a Deputy Sheriff of Rapides Parish, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 6, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perry R. Sanders, Jr., Robert John Frank, (argued), Sanders, Jones & Frank, LLC, Colorado Springs, CO, William L. Goode, The Goode Law Firm, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

John F. Weeks, II (argued), Usry, Weeks & Matthews, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before KING, BENAVIDES and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

KING, Circuit Judge:

Defendants, the Sheriff of Rapides Parish and four deputy sheriffs, appeal the district court's denial of qualified immunity for their involvement in "Operation Retro-Fit," a preplanned, violent S.W.A.T. team raid of a nightclub, Club Retro, on February 5, 2006. As a result of events that occurred during that raid, plaintiffs, owners and select employees of Club Retro, bring 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law claims against those five officers...

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