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Parties Involved:
City of Shreveport
Appellee
Pat Hensley
Appellant
Willie Shaw
Appellee

Document Text:

REVISION December 17, 2015

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-30389

PAT HENSLEY, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

CITY OF SHREVEPORT; WILLIE SHAW, individually and in his official 

capacity, 

 Defendants - Appellees

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Louisiana

USDC No. 5:13-CV-2331

Before SMITH, WIENER, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Former Shreveport Police Department officer Pat Hensley appeals the 

summary judgment for alleged federal and Louisiana violations stemming 

from a blood test for alcohol and narcotics administered at Defendants’ request. 

 

* 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

December 16, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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2

Our thorough review of the briefs in this matter, the pertinent parts of 

the record, the applicable law, and the arguments of counsel reveals no error. 

The district court properly held that the blood test, which constituted a search, 

was constitutional because Defendants’ individualized suspicion of wrongdoing

satisfied the reasonableness standard upon which noninvestigatory, workrelated searches rest. The district court similarly did not err in balancing 

Defendants’ interests against Hensley’s privacy interest. Defendants’ 

articulated interests—including the need for supervision, control, and efficient 

operation of the workforce and the interest in and responsibility for public 

safety—clearly outweigh the intrusion on Hensley’s expectation of privacy. Our 

findings foreclose Hensley’s additional arguments which flow from his 

perception that Defendants violated his rights. Thus, we also find no violation 

of Louisiana law. 

We, therefore, affirm the summary judgment and dismissal with 

prejudice of all claims asserted by Hensley. 

AFFIRMED. 

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