Case Name: SOUTHERN HOLDINGS, INCORPORATED; James Spencer; Rodney Keith Lail; Irene Santacroce; Ricky Stephens; Marguerite Stephens; Doris Holt; Nicholas C. Williamson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James Albert ALLEN, Jr., individually and in his official capacity as an officer with the Horry County Sheriffs Department; Sidney Rick Thompson, individually and in his official capacity as an officer with the Horry County Sheriffs Department; Jeffrey S. Caldwell, individually and in his official capacity as an officer with the Horry County Sheriffs Department; Charles McClendon, individually and in his official capacity as an officer with the Horry County Police Department; Jay Brantly, individually and in his official capacity as an officer with the Horry County Police Department; Andy Christensen, individually and in his official capacity as an officer with the Horry County Police Department, Defendants-Appellants, and Horry County, South Carolina; Horry County Sheriffs Department; Horry County Police Department; Michael Steven Hartness; Harold Steven Hartness; Ancil B. Garvin, III; David Smith; John Does, Defendants. Ernest H. Morton, Jr.; Linda Williamson Lawrence; North Carolina Department of Revenue, Movants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-05-24
Citations: 182 F. App'x 199
Docket Number: No. 05-1824
Parties: SOUTHERN HOLDINGS, INCORPORATED; James Spencer; Rodney Keith Lail; Irene Santacroce; Ricky Stephens; Marguerite Stephens; Doris Holt; Nicholas C. Williamson, Plaintiffs—Appellees, v. James Albert ALLEN, Jr., individually and in his official capacity as an officer with the Horry County Sheriffs Department; Sidney Rick Thompson, individually and in his official capacity as an officer with the Horry County Sheriffs Department; Jeffrey S. Caldwell, individually and in his official capacity as an officer with the Horry County Sheriffs Department; Charles McClendon, individually and in his official capacity as an officer with the Horry County Police Department; Jay Brantly, individually and in his official capacity as an officer with the Horry County Police Department; Andy Christensen, individually and in his official capacity as an officer with the Horry County Police Department, Defendants—Appellants, and Horry County, South Carolina; Horry County Sheriffs Department; Horry County Police Department; Michael Steven Hartness; Harold Steven Hartness; Ancil B. Garvin, III; David Smith; John Does, Defendants. Ernest H. Morton, Jr.; Linda Williamson Lawrence; North Carolina Department of Revenue, Movants.
Judges: Before MICHAEL, KING, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 182
Pages: 199–200

Head Matter:
SOUTHERN HOLDINGS, INCORPORATED; James Spencer; Rodney Keith Lail; Irene Santacroce; Ricky Stephens; Marguerite Stephens; Doris Holt; Nicholas C. Williamson, Plaintiffs—Appellees, v. James Albert ALLEN, Jr., individually and in his official capacity as an officer with the Horry County Sheriffs Department; Sidney Rick Thompson, individually and in his official capacity as an officer with the Horry County Sheriffs Department; Jeffrey S. Caldwell, individually and in his official capacity as an officer with the Horry County Sheriffs Department; Charles McClendon, individually and in his official capacity as an officer with the Horry County Police Department; Jay Brantly, individually and in his official capacity as an officer with the Horry County Police Department; Andy Christensen, individually and in his official capacity as an officer with the Horry County Police Department, Defendants—Appellants, and Horry County, South Carolina; Horry County Sheriffs Department; Horry County Police Department; Michael Steven Hartness; Harold Steven Hartness; Ancil B. Garvin, III; David Smith; John Does, Defendants. Ernest H. Morton, Jr.; Linda Williamson Lawrence; North Carolina Department of Revenue, Movants.
No. 05-1824.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted May 5, 2006.
Decided May 24, 2006.
Andrew F. Lindemann, Davidson, Morrison & Lindemann, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina; Robert E. Lee, James M. Saleeby, Jr., Aiken, Bridges, Nunn, Elliott & Tyler, P.A., Florence, South Carolina, for Appellants. Mark W. Hardee; James D. Cooper, Jr., Cooper, Coffas, Moore & Gray, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina; John R. Rakowsky, West Columbia, South Carolina; Ronald N. Serota, Las Vegas, Nevada, for Appellees.
Before MICHAEL, KING, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Horry County Sheriffs Officers James Albert Allen, Jr., Sidney Rick Thompson, Jeffrey S. Caldwell, and Horry County Police Officers Charles McClendon, Jay Brantley, and Andy Christensen appeal the district court's orders denying, in part, their motion for summary judgment in Appellees' 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) civil suit. On appeal, Appellants assert that they are entitled to qualified immunity. Appellees argue that this court lacks jurisdiction over this interlocutory appeal. We agree with the Appellees.
Interlocutory orders ordinarily are not appealable. An exception to this general rule is recognized with respect to orders rejecting a defendant's claim of qualified immunity, but only if the denial of qualified immunity rests on a purely legal determination that the facts alleged, if found to be true, demonstrate a violation of clearly established law. Johnson v. Jones, 515 U.S. 304, 316-17, 115 S.Ct. 2151, 132 L.Ed.2d 238 (1995); Mitchell v. Forsyth, 472 U.S. 511, 530, 105 S.Ct. 2806, 86 L.Ed.2d 411 (1985). However, "to the extent that the appealing official seeks to argue the insufficiency of the evidence to raise a genuine issue of material fact — for example, that the evidence presented was insufficient to support a conclusion that the official engaged in the particular conduct alleged — we do not possess jurisdiction . to consider the claim." Winfield v. Bass, 106 F.3d 525, 529-30 (4th Cir. 1997). "[W]hile the purely legal question of whether the constitutional.right at issue was clearly established 'is always capable of decision at the summary judgment stage,' a genuine question of material fact regarding '[w]hether the conduct allegedly violative of the right actually occurred . must be reserved for trial.' " Willingham v. Crooke, 412 F.3d 553, 559 (4th Cir.2005) (citing Pritchett v. Alford, 973 F.2d 307, 313 (4th Cir.1992)). Here, the district court determined that the constitutional right alleged to have been infringed was clearly established, but it determined that several genuine issues of material fact remained concerning whether the conduct alleged to violate that right had actually occurred.
We therefore dismiss this interlocutory appeal for lack of jurisdiction. We deny Appellees' motion for leave to file a surreply as moot. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED