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VILLA v. DONA ANA COUNTY

No. 11-2227.

MARGARITO VILLA; GRACIELA SALINAS; OSCAR BONILLA; BEATRICE GARCIA; RAMON TORRES; VELIA TORRES; PEDRO RUBIO OCHOA; ELIDA MARQUEZ, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DONA ANA COUNTY, CITY OF LAS CRUCES, DONA ANA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, DONA ANA COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT, CITY OF LAS CRUCES CODE ENFORCEMENT, local public bodies of the State of New Mexico; ROBYN GOJKOVICH, CURTIS CHILDRESS, MARY LOU WARD, officers, individually and in their official capacities; HEATHER FERGUSON, individually and in her official capacity as an employee of the Animal Cruelty Task Force of New Mexico; PATRICIA FEESER, individually and in her official capacity as an employee/consultant of the Animal Cruelty Task Force of New Mexico; HIGH DESERT ANIMAL HOSPITAL, INC., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

October 31, 2012.

ORDER AND JUDGMENT*

NEIL M. GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs filed this suit against various law enforcement officers and agencies alleging a violation of their constitutional rights. In particular, they say the defendants violated their rights by raiding their homes and confiscating roosters (and other fowl) they kept for illegal cockfighting. But soon after filing suit, the plaintiffs refused to provide discovery...

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