GRAY EX REL. ALEXANDER v. BOSTIC

No. 12-11819.

720 F.3d 887 (2013)

Laquarius GRAY, a minor, by and through her mother and next friend, Toniko L. ALEXANDER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Antonio BOSTIC, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 3, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Arthur Edge, III , H. Arthur Edge, III, PC, W. Brian Collins , Collins & Downey, Thomas Blake Liveoak , Birmingham, AL, Gary P. Cody , Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Travis Russell Wisdom , The Wisdom Firm LLC, Auburn, AL, Robert McCollough Spence , Rosen Harwood, PA, Tuscaloosa, AL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before WILSON and COX, Circuit Judges, and BOWEN, District Judge.


BOWEN, District Judge:

This is the fifth appeal involving the detention and handcuffing of a nine-year-old student, Laquarius Gray,1 during her physical education class. Now, Antonio Bostic, a Deputy Sheriff for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, appeals from the district court's grant of attorney's fees. After careful review and oral argument, we reverse and remand for the entry of judgment in favor of Defendant Antonio Bostic.

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