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NIETERT v. OVERBY

No. 84-1049.

816 F.2d 1464 (1987)

Keith L. NIETERT and Paula Nietert, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Margaret Rose OVERBY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Haase, Colorado Springs, Colo., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Nancy E. Rice, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Robert N. Miller, U.S. Atty., and Colleen L. Conlin, Asst. U.S. Atty., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge, and SEYMOUR and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

Keith Nietert sued Margaret Overby for defamation in connection with Overby's call to a government "fraud, waste, and abuse" telephone hotline. She alleged misconduct by Nietert. After a bench trial, the district court held that Overby was entitled to official immunity. We affirm.

I.

Keith Nietert and Margaret Overby were both civilian employees of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) at the times relevant to this...

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