STEPHENS v. DEGIOVANNI

No. 15-10206.

852 F.3d 1298 (2017)

Paul STEPHENS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nick DEGIOVANNI, individually, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 30, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendell Terry Locke , Locke, Locke Law, PA, Plantation, FL, Kelsay D. Patterson , Law Office of Kelsay D. Patterson, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Richard T. Woulfe , Billing Cochran Lyles Mauro & Ramsey, PA, Louis Reinstein , Bunnell & Woulfe, PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before MARCUS and FAY, Circuit Judges, and FRIEDMAN, District Judge.


Paul Stephens appeals summary judgment granted to Broward Deputy Sheriff Nick DeGiovanni based on qualified immunity in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, alleging false arrest and excessive force. We affirm summary judgment granted to Deputy DeGiovanni on Stephens's false-arrest claim, but we vacate summary judgment granted to...

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