MASCORRO v. BILLINGS

Nos. 10-7005, 10-7006.

656 F.3d 1198 (2011)

Christina MASCORRO; Jose Mascorro, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Craig A. BILLINGS, as an individual and as Murray County deputy sheriff, Defendant-Appellant, and Steve Watkins, Individually and as Sulphur police officer; Tony Simpson, Individually and as a Sulphur police officer, Defendants. Christina Mascorro; Jose Mascorro, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Steve Watkins, Individually and as Sulphur police officer; Tony Simpson, Individually and as a Sulphur police officer, Defendants-Appellants, and Craig A. Billings, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 31, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmond Geary , Attorney at Law, Oklahoma City, OK, for the Mascorros.

David W. Lee ( Emily B. Milan with him on the briefs) of Lee Law Center, P.C., Oklahoma City, OK, for Watkins and Simpson.

Ambre C. Gooch of Collins, Zorn & Wagner, Oklahoma City, OK, for Billings.

Before MURPHY, HOLLOWAY, and O'BRIEN, Circuit Judges.


O'BRIEN, Circuit Judge.

Relying mostly on their version of events, Craig Billings, a Murray County Oklahoma deputy sheriff, and Steve Watkins and Tony Simpson, police officers with the City of Sulphur, Oklahoma police department, appeal from the district court's denial of their motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. But the Mascorros have a different version. Because, as the district court concluded, the...

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