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Parties Involved:
Gary Frakes
Appellant
Billy Masden
Appellee
Dustin Ott
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-20761

Summary Calendar

GARY FRAKES, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

CAPTAIN DUSTIN OTT; SERGEANT BILLY MASDEN, 

 Defendants - Appellees

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 4:14-CV-1753

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, ELROD, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Officer Dustin Ott responded to a car accident on Gary Frakes’s property. 

Frakes approached the scene of the accident, shotgun in hand. Ott drew his 

own weapon and called for backup. Officer Billy Masden arrived, handcuffed 

Frakes, searched him, and placed him in a squad car for between fifteen and 

thirty minutes while the officers secured the scene and investigated the 

 

* 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

August 23, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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accident. Frakes sued Ott and Masden, alleging violations of his Fourth and 

Fourteenth Amendment rights. The district court entered summary judgment 

for the defendants on the basis of qualified immunity.

We have reviewed the briefs, the applicable law, and pertinent portions 

of the record; no party requests oral argument. There is no reversible error, so 

the judgment is AFFIRMED, essentially for the reasons stated by the district 

court in its thorough opinions.

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