ROUNTREE v. LOPINTO

No. 20-30111.

976 F.3d 606 (2020)

James C. ROUNTREE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph P. LOPINTO, III, Jefferson Parish Sheriff; Moon's Towing Service, Incorporated; Jerome Green, Deputy Sheriff, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED October 2, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Rountree, pro se.

Daniel R. Martiny , Martiny & Associates, Metairie, LA, for Defendants-Appellees Joseph P. Lopinto, III and Jerome Green.

George Patrick Hand, Jr. , Hand Law Firm, A.P.L.C., Gretna, LA, for Defendant-Appellee Moon's Towing Service, Incorporated.

Before Smith, Clement, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


When the officer investigating a hit-and-run incident came across one of the cars involved, he seized it without obtaining a warrant. The owner claimed that the seizure violated his clearly established constitutional rights under the Fourth Amendment. The district court disagreed and dismissed the claim on summary...

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