MORALES v. HAYNES

No. 88-1966.

890 F.2d 708 (1989)

Alberto F. MORALES, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James HAYNES and Virginia Perez, Revenue Officers of IRS, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray S. Horwitz, Dept. of Justice, Tax Div., Gary R. Allen, Jonathan S. Cohen, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants.

Susan Larsen, David P. Leeper, Malcolm McGregor, El Paso, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GEE and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

In this interlocutory appeal, we consider only whether the district court erred in denying the defendants, employees of the I.R.S., qualified immunity from a suit, which alleged that they violated the plaintiffs' due process rights. We hold that the plaintiffs have not shown that the defendants violated any "clearly established" right and that the defendants are entitled to the defense of qualified immunity. We therefore reverse.

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