GOBEL v. MARICOPA COUNTY

No. 87-2351.

867 F.2d 1201 (1989)

Earl Edwin GOBEL and Michael J. DeFranco, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MARICOPA COUNTY, Thomas E. Collins, David P. Stoller, and Frank Gary, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Gerry, Richard M. Gerry, P.C., Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Roger A. Burrell, former Deputy County Atty., and Cleon M. Duke, Deputy County Atty., Maricopa County Attorneys Office, Phoenix, Ariz., for defendants-appellees.

Before PREGERSON, CANBY and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.


PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

Earl Edwin Gobel and Michael J. DeFranco appeal the district court's dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for failure to state a claim. Gobel and DeFranco alleged in their civil rights complaint that Maricopa County, two county attorneys, and an investigator violated their constitutional rights by arresting them without probable cause due to mistaken identifications, issuing false statements to the news media, and subjecting them...

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