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053362P.pdf 08/23/2006 Frank Robinson v. White County, AR
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 05-3362
Eastern District of Arkansas
[PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Wollman, Circuit Judge, and
Rosenbaum, District Judge]
Civil case - Civil rights. Appellant's petition for rehearing and
clarification of the court's prior opinion in the case is granted;
the district court's order dismissing appellant's state law claims
against White County and defendant Parish is reversed, and the case
is remanded for further proceedings. The remainder of the court's
July 3, 2006 opinion is affirmed .
053362P.pdf 07/03/2006 Frank Robinson v. White County, AR
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 05-3362
Eastern District of Arkansas
[PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Wollman, Circuit Judge, and
Rosenbaum, District Judge]
Civil case - civil rights. No reasonable police officer would have read
Arkansas's careless and imprudent driving statute in a manner to believe
probable cause existed to arrest Robinson after a bridge collapsed beneath
his truck, and defendant Sheriff Garrett, who ordered Robinson' arrest,
violated Robinson' constitutional right to be free from unlawful arrest;
since this right was clearly established, the district court erred in
granting the Sheriff qualified immunity on Robinson's individual capacity
claim against him; defendant Parish, the White County Judge, did not have
an authority to order Robinson's arrest and was entitled to qualified
immunity; no reasonable jury could conclude that Parish and Garrett
conspired to violate Robinson's constitutional rights; district court
did not err in granting defendants summary judgment on Robinson's official
capacity claims.