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PATZNER v. BURKETT

No. 85-5094

779 F.2d 1363 (1985)

Leland PATZNER, Appellant, v. Joyce BURKETT a/k/a Joyce McLaughlin, Deborah Myerchin and Stutsman County, North Dakota, a political subdivision, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Wright, Jamestown, N.D., for appellant.

Barry P. Hogan, Moorhead, Minn., for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

LAY, Chief Judge.

Leland Patzner appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of defendants Stutsman County, North Dakota, and Stutsman County sheriff deputies Joyce Burkett and Deborah Myerchin. Patzner brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the two deputies had deprived him of his civil rights by arresting him in his home without a warrant and by using excessive force in making the arrest.1 He premised Stutsman...

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