Court Opinion

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USCA11 Case: 22-10754   Document: 29-1    Date Filed: 02/01/2023   Page: 1 of 3

                                                [DO NOT PUBLISH]
                                 In the
                United States Court of Appeals
                        For the Eleventh Circuit

                         ____________________

                              No. 22-10754
                         Non-Argument Calendar
                         ____________________

       SCOTT THOMPSON,
                                                   Plaintiff-Appellant,
       versus
       SHERIFF, PINELLAS COUNTY FL,
       SEAN GILROY,
       individually,
       RANDY SHEPHERD,
       individually,

                                               Defendants-Appellees,
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       2                      Opinion of the Court                 22-10754

       DEPUTY LEWIS,
       individually,

                                                                 Defendant.

                            ____________________

                  Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Middle District of Florida
                   D.C. Docket No. 8:20-cv-03039-SCB-AAS
                           ____________________

       Before LAGOA, BRASHER, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
       PER CURIAM:
              Scott Thompson appeals the district court’s grant of sum-
       mary judgment in favor of Defendants, which rejected Thomp-
       son’s claims of excessive force and battery against deputy sheriffs
       Randy Shepherd and Sean Gilroy, and his state law claim against
       Sheriff Gualtieri for vicarious liability for the alleged battery com-
       mitted by Shepherd and Gilroy. After careful review of the briefs
       and relevant parts of the record (including videos of the entire inci-
       dent), we are in full agreement with the comprehensive order of
       the district court dated February 10, 2022, granting summary judg-
       ment for all three defendants. We adopt the district court’s order
       and affirm on the basis thereof.
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       22-10754                  Opinion of the Court                             3

                We agree with the district court that Thompson’s version of
       the events is “blatantly contradicted” by the videos. Accordingly,
       we agree with the district court that the facts of this case should be
       viewed as depicted in the videos. And, when Thompson—actively
       resisting being handcuffed—stood on the chair with his body lean-
       ing over the wall, no reasonable officer in these deputies’ shoes
       would have concluded that the subsequent takedown would be un-
       constitutional. Because Thompson’s claims against the deputies
       fail, his claim of vicarious liability on the part of the Sheriff also fails.
               For the foregoing reasons and for the reasons set out in the
       district court’s order, the judgment of the district court is
              AFFIRMED.