Bryan Grady v. Michael W. Haley

[PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FILED U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ September 13, 2002 THOMAS K. KAHN No. 01-11698 CLERK Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 00-00838-CV-A-N BRYAN GRADY, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus MICHAEL W. HALEY, TOMMY HERRING, ET AL., Defendants-Appellees. ________________________ No. 01-11807 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 98-00274-CV-T-N CALVIN NIX, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus RON JONES, MICHAEL HALEY, ET AL., Defendants-Appellees. ________________________ No. 01-12225 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 94-00676-CV-C-N TONY FOUNTAIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus DANIEL R. TALLEY, JESSE SMITH, Lt., (Farm Supervisor), ET AL., Defendants-Appellees. ________________________ No. 01-12226 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 96-00854-CV-D-N HADJI HICKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus LEO ALLEN, Sergeant, OFFICER YEILDING, COI, ET AL., Defendants-Appellees. ________________________ 2 No. 01-12227 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 99-01207-CV-D-N KENNETH BOGGAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus MICHAEL W. HALEY, TOMMY HERRING, ET AL., Defendants-Appellees. ___________________ Appeals from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama _________________________ (September 13, 2002) ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND SUGGESTION OF REHEARING EN BANC Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, WILSON and HILL, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: The Petition for Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc is pending before this court. On December 28, 2001, the court ordered that this Petition for Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc be suspended pending the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Larry Hope v. Mark Pelzer, 240 F.3d 975 (11th Cir. 3 2001), then on petition for certiorari. In each of these cases, the panel’s judgment would have affirmed the judgment of the district court upon the binding precedent of Hope v. Pelzer. The Supreme Court has now decided Hope v. Pelzer with a full opinion, reversing the judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals. We find that the decision of the Supreme Court controls the issue in each of these cases to the end that the judgment in each case by the district court, dismissing defendants upon a finding that they are entitled to qualified immunity, is erroneous. Therefore, the panel grants the petition for rehearing and, upon the authority of Hope v. Pelzer, 536 U.S.___ (2002), the judgment of the district court is REVERSED. Each case is REMANDED. 4