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THURAIRAJAH v. CITY OF FT. SMITH, ARKANSAS

No. 17-3419.

925 F.3d 979 (2019)

Eric Roshaun THURAIRAJAH, Plaintiff-Appellee v. CITY OF FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS; Sebastian County, Arkansas; State of Arkansas; Bill Hollenbeck, individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff for the County of Sebastian, Defendants Trooper Lagarian Cross, individually and in his Official Capacity as a State Trooper with and for the State of Arkansas, also known as L. Cross, Defendant-Appellant John Does 1-5, individually and in their official capacity in their roles as an employee of the City of Fort Smith, The State of Arkansas, The Arkansas State Police and/or Employee of Sebastian County, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 3, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Hyman , KING LAW GROUP, Fort Smith, AR, for Plaintiff Appellee.

Jason E. Owens , JASON OWENS LAW FIRM, Conway, AR, for Defendant Bill Hollenbeck.

Vincent P. France , Assistant Attorney General, Jennifer L. Merritt , ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Little Rock, AR, for Defendant-Appellant Trooper Lagarian Cross.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, WOLLMAN and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.

Arkansas State Trooper Lagarian Cross appeals the district court's1 denial of qualified immunity on summary judgment against Eric Roshaun Thurairajah's claims of First Amendment retaliation and Fourth Amendment unreasonable seizure. This § 1983 lawsuit suit stems from Trooper Cross's arrest of...

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