GATES v. KHOKHAR

No. 16-15118.

884 F.3d 1290 (2018)

Austin GATES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hassan KHOKHAR, individually, J. Brauninger, individually, James Wayne Whitmire, individually, Officers of the City of Atlanta Police Department, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 13, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Richard Weber, Jr. , Law Offices of Gerry Weber, LLC, Atlanta, GA, Cynthia L. Counts , Duane Morris, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Daniel J. Grossman , Daniel J. Grossman Law Office, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Laura Sauriol Burton , Cathy Hampton , Maiysha R. Rashad , Robin Joy Shahar , Alisha Irene Wyatt-Bullman , City of Atlanta Law Department, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before JULIE CARNES, EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, District Judge.


This action arises from Plaintiff Austin Gates's arrest for violating Georgia's mask statute, O.C.G.A. § 16-11-38, during a protest in downtown Atlanta on November 26, 2014. Plaintiff alleges that he was arrested without probable cause in violation of the Fourth Amendment, and that this flawed arrest also violated...

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