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Mason v. Lafayette

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE DIVISION
Jun 15, 2017
Civil Action 12-02939 (W.D. La. Jun. 15, 2017)

Summary

denying qualified immunity where an officer shot the plaintiff in locations on his body that indicated that the plaintiff was not threatening the officer

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Opinion

Civil Action 12-02939

06-15-2017

Mason v. Lafayette, et al


Magistrate Judge Carol B. Whitehurst JUDGMENT

For the reasons contained in the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge filed previously herein, R. 122, noting the absence of objections thereto, and concurring with the Magistrate Judge's findings under the applicable law;

IT IS ORDERED that the Motion For Summary Judgment [Rec. Doc. 44] on the basis of qualified immunity as to the remanded issue of the first five shots is DENIED.

THUS DONE AND SIGNED in Lafayette, Louisiana, on this 15 day of June, 2017.

/s/_________

Rebecca F. Doherty

United States District Judge


Summaries of

Mason v. Lafayette

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE DIVISION
Jun 15, 2017
Civil Action 12-02939 (W.D. La. Jun. 15, 2017)

denying qualified immunity where an officer shot the plaintiff in locations on his body that indicated that the plaintiff was not threatening the officer

Summary of this case from Sanchez v. Gomez
Case details for

Mason v. Lafayette

Case Details

Full title:Mason v. Lafayette, et al

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE DIVISION

Date published: Jun 15, 2017

Citations

Civil Action 12-02939 (W.D. La. Jun. 15, 2017)

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