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Parties Involved:
Todd Barrere
Appellant
Patrick Cochran
Appellant
Donald Dominick
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-30609

Summary Calendar

DONALD DOMINICK, 

 Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

TODD BARRERE; LIEUTENANT PATRICK COCHRAN, 

 Defendants - Appellants

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Middle District of Louisiana

USDC No. 3:12-CV-497

Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

The judgment of the district court is affirmed with the following response 

to defense objections.

These parties are well informed on what the law allows state officers for 

qualified immunity; and if essential facts are known, the decision about the 

defense is for the judge to decide. The judge here had evidence of intended 

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

January 20, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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malicious harm inflicted on plaintiff by defendants, and that question was put 

to a jury.

The jury found that defendants used excessive force, acting with “malice, 

willfully, intentionally or with callous and reckless indifference to Plaintiff’s 

constitutional rights.”

The district judge made no legal error or abuse of discretion.

AFFIRMED.

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