Kendra Huckaby v. Terry Priest, et al, No. 08-1782 (6th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseA neighbor reported a break-in in progress at the home of the pastor after seeing a guest loading her belongings into a car. Officers responded, questioned and detained the guest in a police car, entered the house by opening a screen door, and encountered the pastor and his wife coming down the stairs. The pastor explained the situation and asked the officers to leave. The officers requested identification and followed the pastor up the stairs. They returned with the pastor, handcuffed, claiming he had drawn a gun. The wife claims that she was in pajamas and requested that the officers not enter the bedroom, that officers prevented her from following, and that she directed officers to a picture of the pastor and herself hanging on a wall. The officers took all three to the station and searched the house. They were released several hours later. The district court dismissed the guest's unlawful arrest claim and denied the officers a summary judgment determination of qualified immunity on the wife's claim. The Sixth Circuit reversed dismissal the guest's claim and affirmed with respect to the denial of qualified immunity. Disputed facts preclude summary judgment on the either issue.
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