DILLON v. ROGERS

No. 08-30419.

596 F.3d 260 (2010)

Keith Mark DILLON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Brad ROGERS; T.W. Thompson; Sergeant Edwards; Sergeant Walker; Deputy Hartzglou; Lieutenant Hollifield; Thomas Pietsch, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 4, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Soren E. Gisleson, Herman, Herman, Katz & Cotlar, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Adele Phyllis Kimmel (argued), Pub. Justice, P.C., Washington, DC, for Dillon.

Michael Wayne Landry, I, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Lake Charles, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BENAVIDES, DENNIS and ELROD, Circuit Judges.


BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Keith Mark Dillon appeals from the dismissal on summary judgment of his suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for abuse he allegedly suffered while being held as a prisoner in Jena, Louisiana. For the reasons described below, we vacate the judgment of the district court and remand for further development of the record in this case.

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On August 29, 2005, when Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeastern Louisiana...

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