Richard Rockwell v. City of Garland, Texas

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 2011-12-15

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DeMOSS, Circuit Judge, specially concurring: We hold today that the six police officers who breached Scott Rockwell’s bedroom door and ultimately shot him to death are entitled to qualified immunity under federal law and official immunity under Texas state law. Noting that the state of the law in these particular circumstances remains relatively primitive, I join the majority opinion in full. I write sepa…

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