LATTA v. KERYTE

No. 96-2124.

118 F.3d 693 (1997)

Robert LATTA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Officer James A. KERYTE; Officer Larry Montoya; Sergeant Eugene Catanach; Lieutenant Gilbert Baca; Officer Jeff Mcdermott; John Denco, Jr., New Mexico State Police Chief; Anthony Ortega, Valencia County Sheriff; John Does, one or more, in their official and individual capacities; and Board of County Commissioners for the County Of Valencia, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 1, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on the briefs:*

Susan M. Morrison, The Branch Law Firm, Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jeffrey A. Dahl and Clayton E. Crowley, Lamb, Metzgar, Lines & Dahl, Albuquerque, NM, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before ANDERSON, TACHA and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.


TACHA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Robert Latta filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging violations of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Mr. Latta appeals the Memorandum Opinion and Order of the magistrate judge granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants on the basis of qualified immunity. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

On October 30, 1993, the dispatcher at the Albuquerque...

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