NIELANDER v. BOARD OF COUNTY COM'RS

No. 08-3092.

582 F.3d 1155 (2009)

Frank J. NIELANDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF the COUNTY OF REPUBLIC, KANSAS, Mark Nordell, Joshua Perez, Beth Reed, and Frank Spurney, in his individual capacity and in his official capacity as the Republic County Attorney, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 31, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa L. Watson, Fisher, Patterson, Sayler & Smith, LLP (David R. Cooper, Fisher, Patterson, Sayler & Smith, LLP, with her on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Tara S. Eberline, Foulston Siefkin, LLP (James D. Oliver and Wendell F. Cowan, Foulston Siefkin, LLP, with her on the briefs), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BRISCOE, BRORBY and McCONNELL, Circuit Judges.


McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.

This case calls on us to consider various claims arising out of the prosecution of Frank Nielander for allegedly threatening local government employees in an angered response to the way his local road was being maintained. The district court dismissed all of Mr. Nielander's claims. We affirm.

I. Background

A. Preliminaries

Mr. Nielander lives on County Road 180 in Republic County, Kansas, the road leading to the...

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