U.S. v. BROUSSARD

No. 17-30298.

882 F.3d 104 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bret BROUSSARD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed February 5, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vikram Swaruup , Tovah Calderon , U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Div—Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Alexander Coker Van Hook, Esq. , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Brett Lester Grayson , Lafayette, LA, Jane Catherine Hogan , Hogan Attorneys, Hammond, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before REAVLEY, ELROD, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.


Bret Broussard pled guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 242, which is the offense of depriving another of his rights while acting under color of law. Broussard, while serving as a lieutenant in a Louisiana Sheriff's Office, had failed to intervene while a prisoner in a parish jail was beaten by other officers...

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