Plaintiff appealed the grant of summary judgment to defendants on plaintiff's §1983 complaint alleging violations of his Fourth Amendment rights. Plaintiff filed suit after police executed a no-knock warrant at his residence, following an investigation that identified plaintiff's residence as a narcotics distribution location.
Where the law regarding police's decision to execute a no-knock warrant was not clearly established at the time of the search of plaintiff's residence, defendants were entitled to qualified immunity; the court further rejected plaintiff's allegations that the investigating detectives made misrepresentations on the warrant application.
Judgment is affirmed.
Davis v. City of Little Rock (MLW No. 82440/Case No. 23-1636 - 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Moody, J. (Michael J. Laux, Little Rock, AR for appellant) (John T. Adams, Little Rock, AR and Lynette Marlin Perez, Little Rock, AR for appellees; William Clark Mann, III, North Little Rock, AR; Gabrielle Denise Gibson, North Little Rock, AR; David M. Fuqua, Little Rock, AR; Christopher Stevens, Little Rock, AR; Margaret Diane Depper, Little Rock, AR; and Alan Wayne Jones, formerly of Little Rock, AR for appellees)