DUCKSWORTH v. LANDRUM

No. 21-60830.

62 F.4th 209 (2023)

Mekale DUCKSWORTH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Justin LANDRUM, individually and in his official capacity; Clint Hedgepeth, individually and in his official capacity; Josh Welch, individually and in his official capacity; John Windsor, individually and in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED March 10, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Myers Waide, Esq. , Johnson, Ratliff & Waide, Hattiesburg, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Brett Woods Robinson , Hortman, Harlow, Bassi, Robinson & McDaniel, P.L.L.C., Laurel, MS, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before Higginbotham, Higginson, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


Four police officers unlawfully arrested Mekale Ducksworth. Ducksworth sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The officers appeal the district court's denial of their summary judgment motion as to (1) excessive force (Officer Welch), (2) false arrest (all officers), and (3) fabrication of evidence (Officer Landrum...

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