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No. 14-1320
SLOAN PLEASANTS,
Plaintiff Appellant,
v.
ROBERT RIGSBY, sued in his individual capacity,
Defendant Appellee,
and
TOWN OF LOUISA,
Defendant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Charlottesville.
Norman K. Moon,
Senior District Judge. (3:11-cv-00032-NKM-RSB)
Argued:
Decided:
March 2, 2015
her
arrested
on
her,
her
in
claim
that
violation
of
Officer
the
Robert
Fourth
Rigsby
Amendment.
falsely
For
the
that
Officer
Rigsby,
of
the
Town
of
Louisa
Police
pursuant
discovery
on
the
dismissed
all
of
to
Rule
12(b)(6).
unlawful-entry
Pleasants
After
claim, *
claims.
In
allowing
the
a
district
prior
limited
court
opinion,
we
its
qualified
immunity
analysis
on
disputed
facts
and
doctrine
of
qualified
immunity
protects
government
statutory
or
constitutional
rights
of
which
whether
the
right
violated
was
clearly
established.
F.3d
348,
353
(4th
Cir.
2010))
(internal
quotation
mark
on
Pleasants
false-arrest
claim.
Exercising
its
qualified
immunity
test.
J.A.
161.
The
court
found
that
be
lawful,
information
in
that
light
of
Officer
clearly
Rigsby
established
possessed.
law
J.A.
and
the
161;
see
carefully
reviewed
the
record
and
the
parties
Officer
Rigsby
is
entitled
to
qualified
immunity.
The
with
K.P.,
and
at
Rigsbys
attempts
Further,
Officer
violence
described
the
to
speak
Rigsby
by
scene,
Pleasants
to
could
K.P.
was
K.P.
interrupted
on
reasonably
more
several
believe
than
normal
Officer
occasions.
that
the
parental
believed
that
Officer
Rigsbys
arrest
of
Pleasants
was
lawful.
III.
For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the grant of summary
judgment to Officer Rigsby on the false-arrest claim.
AFFIRMED