COTROPIA v. CHAPMAN

No. 19-20688.

978 F.3d 282 (2020)

Joseph COTROPIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mary CHAPMAN, Individually, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed October 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tommy Swate , Swate Law, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Bill L. Davis , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Eric Alan Hudson , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Financial Litigation & Charitable Trusts Division, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Smith, Clement, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


Joseph Cotropia sued Mary Chapman, an investigator for the Texas Medical Board ("TMB"), under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for searching his medical office and seizing documents without a warrant. The district court granted Chapman's motion for summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity ("QI"). We affirm.

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