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COLEMAN v. GARBER

No. 85-1804.

800 F.2d 188 (1986)

Betty June COLEMAN; Doyle James Williams, Appellants, v. Diane GARBER, Prosecuting Attorney, Callaway County; Ted Salmons, Sheriff, Rod McCreary; Ken Bishop, Deputy Sheriff, Callaway County, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Bates, Kansas City, Mo., for appellants.

Elwood L. Thomas, Kansas City, Mo., for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and HEANEY and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Betty June Coleman and Doyle J. Williams appeal from an order of the district court1 dismissing their cause of action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1985 and 1986. For reversal, they argue that the district court abused its discretion in dismissing their complaint as frivolous and malicious under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) and erred in dismissing the complaint on res judicata grounds and on the ground there was...

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