OFFICERS’ SHOOTING: Summary judgment for County & Deputies rejected over claim of sham affidavit testimony that Plaintiff was pointing gun at ground when he opened door to unknown persons on porch in dark who shot him and claims of qualified immunity… case settled following ruling for $525,000… DeSoto/Watters. [Read more…]
False arrest, illegal presence in US v. illegal entry
FALSE ARREST: JP who called Deputy to arrest witness in protective order case whom object of protective order asserted was “not a legal citizen” and the Deputy who effected the arrest not entitled to immunity from §1983 suit because it was well-established that unlike illegal entry into the US, illegal presence is not a crime… Watters affirmed. [Read more…]