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MERRIMAN v. WALTON

No. 87-2382.

856 F.2d 1333 (1988)

Scott B. MERRIMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard WALTON, Deputy Individually and in his capacity as a Deputy Sheriff for the County of Humboldt; Red Marler, Individually and in his official capacity as a Deputy Sheriff for the County of Humboldt; the County of Humboldt, State of California, Dave Renner, Sheriff, in his official capacity as the Sheriff of Humboldt County, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Vrieze, Mitchell, Dedekam & Angell, Eureka, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Bernard C. De Paoli, Eureka, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and POOLE, Circuit Judges.

GOODWIN, Chief Judge:

Defendants, Humboldt County sheriff officers, appeal the order denying their motion for summary judgment based upon their qualified immunity to the plaintiff's § 1983 action for wrongful arrest. We affirm.

Scott B. Merriman was arrested by a Humboldt County deputy on suspicion of having kidnapped Wendy Cantrell, his long-time girlfriend. The information leading to the arrest began to flow...

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