POOLE v. COUNTY OF OTERO

No. 00-2215.

271 F.3d 955 (2001)

Adam POOLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF OTERO; Johnny Lee, Sheriff; Tom Skipworth, Deputy, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Lilley and Kyle W. Gesswein, Lilley Law Office, Las Cruces, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Leonard J. Piazza, Sandenaw, Carrillo & Piazza, P.C., Las Cruces, NM, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before SEYMOUR and McKAY, Circuit Judges, and BRORBY, Senior Circuit Judge.


McKAY, Circuit Judge.

Adam Poole appeals from the district court's ruling dismissing his civil rights complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim. We have jurisdiction over this appeal by virtue of 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we review the district court's dismissal de novo.1 Morse v. Regents of the Univ. of Colo., 154 F.3d 1124, 1126 (10th Cir.1998). "Dismissal under...

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