COEN v. RUNNER

No. 86-1708.

854 F.2d 374 (1988)

George COEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William RUNNER, Superintendent of Brand Inspectors for Fremont County, Wyoming; Dean Prosser, Chief Brand Inspector for the State of Wyoming; the Wyoming Stockgrower's Association, a non-profit Wyoming corporation; William Lassiter, Deputy Sheriff of Fremont County, Wyoming; Tim McKinney, Sheriff of Fremont County, Wyoming; and the Fremont County Sheriff's Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Hamilton, of Hamilton Law Associates, P.C., of Riverton, Wyo., for plaintiff-appellant.

James L. Applegate (Glenn Parker and John J. Metzke, of Hirst & Applegate, of Cheyenne, Wyo., with him on the brief), of Hirst & Applegate, of Cheyenne, Wyo., for defendants-appellees William Runner, Dean Prosser, and the Wyoming Stock Growers Ass'n.

Elizabeth Z. Smith, of Freudenthal, Salzburg, Bonds & Rideout, P.C., of Cheyenne, Wyo., for defendants-appellees William Lassiter, Tim McKinney, and the Fremont County Sheriff's Dept.

Before HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge, and McWILLIAMS, and TACHA, Circuit Judges.


TACHA, Circuit Judge.

George Coen appeals from the district court's order granting summary judgment for defendants on qualified immunity grounds. We affirm.

I.

These facts were undisputed at the time of the district court's summary judgment order. In 1983 William Runner, a cattle brand inspector in Fremont County, Wyoming, and William Lassiter, a deputy sheriff for the county, were investigating a series...

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