Fifth Circuit· 9/20/1994

Blackwell v. Barton

Citations

34 F.3d 298
1994 WL 520375

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§ 1983 claim for illegal arrest and detention “is properly considered under the Fourth Amendment”
“We hold that Blackwell’s section 1983 claim against Barton for illegal arrest and detention is properly considered under the Fourth Amendment, the more specific constitutional right implicated by her allegations.”
“We hold that Blackwell’s section 1983 claim against Barton for illegal arrest and detention is properly considered under the Fourth Amendment, the more specific constitutional right implicated by her allegations.”
officer was entitled to qualified immunity after he arrested a person with “the same height and weight, sex, race, age, nickname, and at the location where he expected to find [the suspect]”

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Judges: Garwood, Davis, Smith

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