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261 F. App'x 641

Rippstein v. Barr

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided December 21, 2007

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U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2007-12-21

Relies on United States v. Land, Winston County

Decided 2007-12-21

DENNIS, Circuit Judge,

¶1concurring separately.

¶2I respectfully concur in the judgment. The majority reached the right result in granting qualified immunity to the defendant. I disagree with the district court opinion adopted by the majority in two respects.

¶3First, the plaintiffs claim of a Fourth Amendment violation can be analogized to the situation in United States v. Certain Real Property Located near Highway 195, 163 F.3d 1295, 1298-301 (11th Cir.1998), which supports the appellant’s position that a seizure of real property occurred. While I believe a seizure occurred, I nevertheless agree with the majority in granting qualified immunity to the defendant, because, under the circumstances, seizure was not objectively unreasonable.

¶4Second, I disagree with the majority in that the defendant probably did violate Fourteenth Amendment rights as the plaintiff alleges, but I agree with the majority in granting qualified immunity, be*644cause those rights were not clearly established at the time of the violation.

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