Porter v. Epps, No. 09-60324 (5th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant, the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), was found liable under 42 U.S.C. 1983 for violating plaintiff's constitutional rights by unlawfully incarcerating him for fifteen months beyond the expiration of his sentence. Defendant appealed the district court's denial of his motion for judgment as a matter of law, or in the alternative, motion for a new trial. The court held that because defendant was entitled to qualified immunity where no reasonable jury could have found that defendant's conduct was objectively unreasonable. Accordingly, the court reversed the judgment of the district court.
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