The Fifth Circuit ignored its own precedent and the controlling standards of law arriving at a decision upholding the doctrine of qualified immunity as it applied to a police officer who utilized known false statements to ensure the arrest and incarceration of a man he knew had not committed a crime. Such brazenly and nakedly punitive actions—whereby a citizen accused may beat the rap, but not "the ride" to jail—are an affront to a society of laws and require review by this Court to prevent such manifest and petty abuses of power.

Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in upholding the doctrine of qualified immunity for a police officer who utilized known false statements to ensure the arrest and incarceration of a man he knew had not committed a crime