LOFTIN v. CITY OF PRENTISS, MISSISSIPPI

No. 21-60611.

33 F.4th 774 (2022)

Joshua LOFTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF PRENTISS, MISSISSIPPI; Joseph Bullock, Individually and in his official capacity as Chief of Police of Prentiss, Mississippi; Officer Stephen Jones, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED May 12, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Ray Hill, III, Esq. , Clayton O'Donnell, P.L.L.C., Oxford, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Gregory Todd Butler, Esq. , Mallory Kaye Bland , Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., Jackson, MS, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Jones, Southwick, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


Officers of the Prentiss Police Department arrested Joshua Loftin for aggravated assault after Loftin and others told the officers that Loftin had shot Dontarious Walker. Loftin sued the officers and the City of Prentiss under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for, among other things, arresting him without probable cause. His...

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