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Summary: United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT November 16, 2004 Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 04-10240 Summary Calendar KELLY PATRICK ROCHE, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus CITY OF DALLAS; ET AL., Defendants, SCOTT MATTHEW JAY; RAMON MARTINEZ, JR., Defendants-Appellees. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 3:02-CV-938-N - Before GARZA, DeMOSS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges. PER
Summary: United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT November 16, 2004 Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 04-10240 Summary Calendar KELLY PATRICK ROCHE, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus CITY OF DALLAS; ET AL., Defendants, SCOTT MATTHEW JAY; RAMON MARTINEZ, JR., Defendants-Appellees. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 3:02-CV-938-N - Before GARZA, DeMOSS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges. PER ..
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United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT November 16, 2004
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
No. 04-10240
Summary Calendar
KELLY PATRICK ROCHE,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
CITY OF DALLAS; ET AL.,
Defendants,
SCOTT MATTHEW JAY; RAMON MARTINEZ, JR.,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
USDC No. 3:02-CV-938-N
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Before GARZA, DeMOSS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Scott Matthew Jay and Ramon Martinez, Jr. appeal the
district court’s order denying their motion for summary judgment
asserting their right to qualified immunity from suit with regard
to Kelly Patrick Roche’s civil rights action alleging that Jay
and Martinez used excessive force in arresting him for public
intoxication without probable cause.
*
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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
No. 04-10240
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Jay and Martinez argue that the district court misapplied
the qualified-immunity standard by failing to consider whether
the summary judgment evidence showed that their actions were
based upon the mistaken but reasonable belief that Roche was
attempting to escape when he was “pushed” to the ground. They
contend that the summary judgment evidence did not show that
Martinez had caused injuries to Roche’s wrists by placing metal
handcuffs on them too tightly. They contend that the summary
judgment evidence showed that Roche was visibly intoxicated and
they reasonably believed that he was in violation of the law
against public intoxication under the circumstances of the
arrest. These arguments go to the question whether there were
genuine issues of fact for trial and to the reasonableness of
Jay’s and Martinez’s actions, under their own version of the
facts. Because the court lacks jurisdiction to consider these
issues in an interlocutory appeal, see Reyes v. City of Richmond,
Tex.,
287 F.3d 346, 350-51 (5th Cir. 2002), the appeal is
DISMISSED.