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ANDERSON v. ROBERTS

No. 86-2186.

823 F.2d 235 (1987)

Frank Edward ANDERSON Jr., and Emmet L. Linker, Appellees, v. Jerry ROBERTS, Individually, and in his official capacity as an Arkansas State Trooper; Dennis Ford, Individually and in his official capacity as a Pope County Deputy Sheriff; James Bolin, Individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Pope County; Unknown Pope County Deputy Sheriffs individually and in their official capacities; Herbert Johnston, individually and in his official capacity as the Chief of Police of Russellville, Ark.; Unknown Russellville City Police Officers, Individually and in their official capacities; Dillard Bradley, Individually and in his official capacity as a Pope County Deputy Sheriff; E.L. Williams, Individually and in his official capacity as a Russellville Police Officer, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Engstrom, Little Rock, Ark., for appellants.

John Wesley Hall, Jr., Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before ROSS, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Pope County Sheriff James Bolin appeals from an order denying his motion for summary judgment on the issue of qualified immunity in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) action brought by Frank Anderson and his grandfather, Emmet Linker. Anderson and Linker claim that several law enforcement officers, including two Pope County deputy sheriffs, used excessive force in arresting Anderson. The district court1 held...

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