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COLEMAN v. REED

No. 97-2331.

147 F.3d 751 (1998)

Jo-Anne E. COLEMAN, Appellee, v. Katrina REED, sued as Katrina R. Reed, as an individual and in her official capacity; Betty J. Webb, as an individual and in her official capacity; Daniel Loewenson, as an individual and in his official capacity, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1998.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied July 30, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy James Pawlenty, Minneapolis, MN, argued (Daniel Q. Poretti, on the brief), for Appellants.

Roger C. Alderson, St. Paul, MN, argued, for Appellee.

Before BEAM and HEANEY, Circuit Judges, and KOPF, District Judge.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied July 30, 1998.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Three government officials who were sued in their individual capacities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, appeal the district court's denial of their claim of qualified immunity.

Because we find that the suit fails to allege that the officials violated a clearly established constitutional right, we reverse.

I. BACKGROUND

Because this appeal is before...

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