WALTER v. MORTON

Nos. 93-7060, 93-7072.

33 F.3d 1240 (1994)

Mark Gordon WALTER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bill MORTON, individually and in his official capacity as Chief of Police of the City of Arkoma, Oklahoma; The Town of Arkoma, Oklahoma; Larry Vickers, individually and in his official capacity as Mayor of Arkoma, Oklahoma, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Harlan (Cheryl S. Gan with him on the brief) of John L. Harlan & Associates, P.C., Sapulpa, OK, for plaintiff-appellee.

Douglas S. Pewitt (Betty Outhier Williams of Robinson, Locke, Gage, Fite & Williams, Muskogee, OK, Bill R. Perceful, Pocola, OK, with him on the briefs) of Robinson, Locke, Gage, Fite & Williams, Muskogee, OK, for defendants-appellants.

Before ANDERSON and BRORBY, Circuit Judges, and MECHEM, Senior United States District Judge.


BRORBY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a denial of the Defendants' motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

The following facts are undisputed. Mark Gordon Walter worked as a police officer for the Town of Arkoma, Oklahoma, for three months. During his employment with the police department, Mr. Walter began an investigation into illegal activities of the Town Chief of...

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