PICRAY v. SEALOCK

No. 96-36024.

138 F.3d 767 (1998)

David PICRAY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Colleen SEALOCK; Norma Buckno; Dan Burk; Barbara Pyburn; Benton County, a political subdivision of the State of Oregon; S. Hammersley; Joe Bonitz; City of Albany, a political subdivision of the State of Oregon, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Forge, Eugene, Oregon, for appellant.

Matt Farmer, Springfield, Oregon, for appellees Burk, Pyburn and Benton County.

Rives Kistler, Salem, Oregon, Deputy Attorney General, for appellees Sealock and Buckno.

Gerald Warren, Salem, Oregon, for appellees Hammersley & Bonitz.

Before: CANBY, T.G. NELSON and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.


CANBY, Circuit Judge:

David Picray appeals the dismissal of his several 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims arising from his arrest for trespass at an Oregon polling station. We affirm, finding that the claims all falter on either the relevant officials' qualified immunity, the absence of an offending local policy or custom, or a lack of basis in federal law.

BACKGROUND

Oregon election law provides that "[n]o person, within a polling place, shall wear a...

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