BLACK v. WIGINGTON

No. 15-10848.

811 F.3d 1259 (2016)

Ernest Edgar BLACK, Amy Elizabeth Black, a.k.a. Amy Merritt, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jeff WIGINGTON, Sheriff, Robert Wilson, David Kain, Andy Stamatellos, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 22, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Goldberg , Goldberg & Cuvillier, PC, Tucker, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Gary Kevin Morris , Williams Morris & Waymire, LLC, Buford, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before WILSON, WILLIAM PRYOR, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.


This interlocutory appeal requires us to decide whether four police officers are entitled to immunity from suit. It stems from an unpleasant run-in between the plaintiffs, Ernest and Amy Black, and the sheriff's department in Rockdale County, Georgia. Several police officers...

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