HAMMOND v. KUNARD

No. 96-2343.

148 F.3d 692 (1998)

Travis S. HAMMOND, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Randall KUNARD, Bruce Harmening, and Lawrence Wait, officers and agents of the United States Marshal Service, Internal Revenue Service and adjunct officers of the Drug Enforcement Administration in their individual capacities, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 11, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Bisbee (argued), Macomb, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

James A. Lewis (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Springfield, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and BAUER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

In this case, the defendants, who were employed (at least at the times relevant to this case) by various law enforcement agencies, appeal from the district court's denial of their motion to dismiss the plaintiff's complaint based on the doctrines of absolute and qualified immunity. Because we find no error with the district court's decision, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

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