COFFIN v. BRANDAU

No. 08-14538.

642 F.3d 999 (2011)

John COFFIN, Cynthia Coffin, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Stacy BRANDAU, individually, f.k.a. Stacy Ferris, James Lutz, individually, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 3, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yardley Drake Buckman, II , Amiee Ruth Buckman , Buckman & Buckman, P.A., Sarasota, FL, for John and Cynthia Coffin.

Ralph L. Marchbank, Jr. , Dickinson & Gibbons, PA, Sarasota, FL, for Stacy Brandau.

Nevin Alan Weiner , Nevin A. Weiner, P.A., Richard R. Garland , Dickinson & Gibbons, P.A., Sarasota, FL, for James Lutz.

Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT, EDMONDSON, CARNES, BARKETT, HULL, MARCUS, WILSON, PRYOR, MARTIN, ANDERSON and BLACK, Circuit Judges.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

In this case, Cynthia Coffin attempted to shut her open garage door to prevent two Sarasota County Sheriff's deputies, James Lutz and Stacy Brandau, from serving a court order on her husband, John Coffin.1 As Ms. Coffin attempted to close the open garage door, Brandau stepped into the threshold, breaking the electronic-eye safety beam on the garage door and causing the door to retreat to its open position. The...

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