Fifth Circuit Rejects Qualified Immunity Defense, Allows Pigott V. Gintz to Continue
December 18, 2024
December 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights issued the following news release:
NEW ORLEANS --The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Mr. Wesley Pigott and his two children, who were followed by an unmarked police car and held at gunpoint by Rapides Parish Sheriff Office deputy Paul Gintz four years ago. Mr. Wesley Pigott and his children are represented by the ACLU of Louisiana, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, and Southern Poverty Law Center, which filed t . . .
NEW ORLEANS --The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Mr. Wesley Pigott and his two children, who were followed by an unmarked police car and held at gunpoint by Rapides Parish Sheriff Office deputy Paul Gintz four years ago. Mr. Wesley Pigott and his children are represented by the ACLU of Louisiana, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, and Southern Poverty Law Center, which filed t . . .