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STERLING v. BOROUGH OF MINERSVILLE

No. 99-1768.

232 F.3d 190 (2000)

Madonna STERLING, Executrix of the Estate of Marcus Anthony Wayman v. BOROUGH OF MINERSVILLE; F. Scott Wilinsky, Police Officer; Thomas Hoban, Police Officer; Joseph Wilinsky, Police Chief, individually and as police officers for the Borough of Minersville Officer F. Scott Wilinsky and Officer Thomas Hoban, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed November 6, 2000.

As Amended November 14, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Rudovsky, (Argued), Kairys, Rudovsky, Epstein, Messing & Rau, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellee.

L. Rostaing Tharaud, (Argued), Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellants.

Catherine Hanssens, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, New York, NY, Counsel for Amicus-Appellee.

Before MANSMANN, RENDELL and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.

This interlocutory appeal arises from a denial of the defendants' motion for summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds.1 At issue is whether police officers' threat to disclose the suspected sexual orientation of an arrestee to his family member violated the young man's constitutional right to privacy. We will affirm the order of the District Court because the law is clearly...

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