WOODWARD v. CITY OF WORLAND

No. 91-8034.

977 F.2d 1392 (1992)

Lee WOODWARD, Trustee in bankruptcy, for the estate of Janice Butler; Melinda Molina; Beverly Desomber, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The CITY OF WORLAND, Wyoming Washakie County, Wyoming Joint Powers Board, Defendants, and Ralph Seghetti, personally and in his capacity as Sheriff of Washakie County; Allen Tolley, personally and in his capacity as Chief of Police for the City of Worland; Andy Williams, personally and in his capacity as an officer for the City of Worland Police Department; R.D. Sackett, personally and in his capacity as Undersheriff for Washakie County; Gary Mitchell, personally and in his capacity as a Sergeant with the Washakie County Sheriff's Department, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry L. Armitage, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Wyo., Cheyenne, Wyo., for defendants-appellants.

Kathryn A. Jenkins of Kline & Jenkins, Cheyenne, Wyo., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before EBEL, Circuit Judge, McWILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge, and HUNTER, Senior District Judge.


EBEL, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a denial of the Defendants-Appellants' motion for summary judgment on the ground of qualified immunity in a suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

FACTS

The City of Worland, Wyoming Washakie County, Wyoming Joint Powers Board (the "JPB") is a joint communications facility for the Worland Police Department and the Washakie County Sheriff's Department. The three Plaintiffs...

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