FI L ED U.S. COURT OF APPEAL S EL EVENTHCI RCUI T APRI L12, 2012 J OHN L EY CL ERK [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UN ITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELE VENTH CIRCUIT

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D. C. Dock etNo. 3 :1 0- cv -0 02 89 -RS- EMT KENNET H JEROM E SILER, Pl ai nt iff -Ap pe ll an t,

ve rs us JOSEP H FLOYD, O ffi cer o f th e Cre st vi ew Fl or id a Po li ce Dep art m en t, BRIAN M ITCHELL, Ch ie f of th e Cre st vi ew Fl or id a Po li ce Dep art m en t, Defen da nt s- App el le es .

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th e Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co urt fo r th e North ernDis tri ctof F lo rid a

(Ap ril 12 , 20 12 ) Befo re TJ OFLAT, BARKETT an d ANDERSON, Ci rcu itJu dg es . PER CURI AM:Thi s i s a s ui t b y Kenn eth J ero m e Si le r ag ai ns t an off ic er o f th e Cre st vi ew (Fl or id a) Po li ce Dep art m en t, J os ep h F lo y d, an d t he Depa rtment’s C hi ef o f Po li ce, Bri anMi tc he ll . The s ui t s te m s fr om two po li ce ci ti zen en co un te rs , on e o ccurri ng
on Apri l 2 9, 2 00 8, the ot he r on Aug us t 2 8, 2 00 8. Th e fi rs t en co un te r res ul te d i n Si le r’s arre stforob st ru ct io n, b ecau se Sil er wo ul d n otm ov e h is tru ckaft er Fl oyd in st ru ct edhi m

to do so sev eral ti m es an d t hr eat en edhi m with arres t i f he refu se d. To av oi d p ro se cu ti on , Sil er en te redin to a DeferredPro se cu ti on Agre em en t wi th th e St at e Att orne y . The s eco nden co un te r oc cu rredwhen Sil er re fu se d t o o be y Fl oyd’s in st ru ct io n t o m ov e away from anam bu la nc e an d t ho se att en di ng to an in jure d p ers on . As th e d is tri ctco urt s ta te d i n t he ord er (g ran ti ng su m m ary jud gm en t) b efo re u s fo r rev ie w, afte r Si le r refu se d t o l eav e th e sc en e, “ Fl oyd pl acedhi s h an d o n [S il er’s] ches t t o m ak e h im ba ckaway , and[Si le r] pus he d [Fl oyd’s] han d a way . [Flo y d] th entri edto pl ace [ Si le r] und er arres t fo r ba tt ery on a p ol ic e o ffi cer. When[Si le r] pro te st ed , [Flo y d] th reat en edto us e a t as er an d a ls o
arre st[Si le r] for res is ti ng arre st . [Sil er] was the n a rres te d.” Orde r of Aug us t 2 6, 20 11 (“ Ord er”)

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pl ai ntag ai ns t Fl oyd an d M it ch el l co nt ai ns sev enco un ts , si x o f whi chare b efo re u s i n t hi s ap pe al (on e Co un t, Co un t IV, was di sm is se d) . Cou ntI

2al le ge s t ha t Fl oyd u se d e xc es si ve for ce i n a rres ti ng Sil er o n Au gu st28 , in

vi ol at io n o f th e Fo urthan d F ou rte en th Am en dm en ts . Cou nt s II an d II I al le ge th at Fl oyd arre st edSil er o n Ap ril 29 , 20 08 witho utarg uabl e p ro babl e cau se an d th eref or e d en ie d h im

du e p ro ces s o f la w. Cou ntV, a st at e la w cla im , all eg es th at Fl oyd’s ha ndonSil er’s ch es t (o n Au gu st28 ) co ns ti tu te d b at te ry un de r Fl a. St at
. 78 4.0 3. Co un ts VI an d VII , als o s ta te law cl ai m s, al le ge th at , on Aug us t 2 8, Fl oyd subjec te d S il er t o b at te ry an d fa ls e im

pr is on m en t (C ou ntVI) an d m al ic io us pr os ecu ti on (Co un t VII) . Flo y d a ndMi tc he ll an swe redSil er’s co m pl ai nt , den y in g li ab il it y . In re sp on di ng to Co un t I, Fl oyd in te rp os edth e aff irmativ e d efen se of qu al ifi edimm

un it y . Fo ll owi ng di sc ov ery, th e d efen da nt s m ov edth e d is tri ctco urt fo r su m m ary jud gm en t. The co urt g ran te d t he ir m ot io n, se e Orde r, an d e nt ereda fi na l ju dg m en t in fav orof t he de fen dant s o n a ll cla im s. Si le r ap pe al s, co nt en di ng th atm at eri al is su es of f

actpre cl ud edth e en try of s umm ary jud gm en t o n C ou nt s I, II , III, V, VI

an d VII . W e d is ag ree. Fo r th e rea so ns th e d is tri ctco urt s ta te d i n i ts Orde r, we fin d n o m eri t i n a ny of th es e cl ai m s an d the refo re af firm th e co urt’s jud gm en t. SO ORDERED.

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