BROWN, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which MERRITT, C.J., joined.
BATCHELDER, J. (pp. 1161-62), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the result.
BAILEY BROWN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs, Velma and Joe Pray, brought a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against various police officers and a municipality alleging an illegal search and seizure and excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment. After removal to federal...
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