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Summary: IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 02-60486 Summary Calendar EDDIE KENDAL ROMANS SELF, Decedent, by EDDIE SELF, Duly Appointed Administrator of the Estate of the Decedent; EDDIE SELF, Individually and on Behalf of the Wrongful Death Beneficiary, TARA SELF GOODMAN, Plaintiffs-Appellees, versus CITY OF GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI, ET AL., Defendants, RAYMOND MOORE, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Police Officer for the City of Greenwood, Mississippi; SONYA BE
Summary: IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 02-60486 Summary Calendar EDDIE KENDAL ROMANS SELF, Decedent, by EDDIE SELF, Duly Appointed Administrator of the Estate of the Decedent; EDDIE SELF, Individually and on Behalf of the Wrongful Death Beneficiary, TARA SELF GOODMAN, Plaintiffs-Appellees, versus CITY OF GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI, ET AL., Defendants, RAYMOND MOORE, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Police Officer for the City of Greenwood, Mississippi; SONYA BEC..
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-60486
Summary Calendar
EDDIE KENDAL ROMANS SELF, Decedent,
by EDDIE SELF, Duly Appointed Administrator
of the Estate of the Decedent; EDDIE SELF,
Individually and on Behalf of the Wrongful
Death Beneficiary, TARA SELF GOODMAN,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
versus
CITY OF GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI, ET AL.,
Defendants,
RAYMOND MOORE, Individually and in His Official
Capacity as a Police Officer for the City of
Greenwood, Mississippi; SONYA BECK, Individually
and in Her Official Capacity as a Police Officer
for the City of Greenwood, Mississippi; JEROME
MCCASKILL, Individually and in His Official
Capacity as a Police Officer for the City of
Greenwood, Mississippi; SUSAN SWINDLE, Individually
and in Her Official Capacity as a Police Officer
for the City of Greenwood, Mississippi,
Defendants-Appellants.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Mississippi
USDC No. 4:01-CV-5-M-B
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January 14, 2003
Before BARKSDALE, DeMOSS, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Defendants Raymond Moore, Sonya Beck, Jerome McCaskill, and
Susan Swindle (collectively, the defendants), assert that the
district court erred in denying their “Immunity Defense Motion.”
The plaintiffs have filed an unopposed motion to correct a clerical
error in the caption with respect to the names of the plaintiffs-
appellees, which is GRANTED.
The defendants contend that they were entitled to absolute
immunity. Although the defendants preserved their defense of
absolute immunity by raising it in their answers, they did not
properly present the claim for pretrial consideration, as it was
not included in their “Immunity Defense Motion.” See Mitchell
v. Forsyth,
472 U.S. 511, 526 (1985) (qualified immunity);
Harlow v. Fitzgerald,
457 U.S. 800, 807 (1982) (absolute immunity);
Boyd v. Carroll,
624 F.2d 730, 732-33 (5th Cir. 1980). This court
will not review this claim that the district court did not
consider.
The defendants also assert that the district court erred in
denying their claims for qualified immunity. Contrary to Moore’s
assertions, the district court did not conclude that the decedent
had a constitutional right to resist arrest, but that the
plaintiffs had alleged a Fourth Amendment violation arising from
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Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
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excessive force during a seizure. See Tennessee v. Garner,
471 U.S. 1, 7 (1985). With respect to Beck, McCaskill, and
Swindle, the evidence presented by the plaintiffs creates a
disputed issue of fact regarding whether their actions were
“integral to the” illegal seizure. See Melear v. Spears,
862 F.2d
1177, 1186 (5th Cir. 1989). As for Moore, the evidence presented
creates a dispute regarding whether Moore “ha[d] probable cause to
believe that the suspect pose[d] a threat of serious physical
injury or death to the officer [or the sheriff’s deputies
present].” Fraire v. City of Arlington,
957 F.2d 1268, 1280 (5th
Cir. 1992). Because the district court’s denial of qualified
immunity was based on a genuine issue of material fact and not upon
a question of law, this court does not have jurisdiction over this
interlocutory appeal.
APPEAL DISMISSED; MOTION GRANTED.
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