Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 29, 2001.
MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether a complaint alleging bad faith execution of a municipal policy to indemnify police officers from punitive damage awards states a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Specifically, we are asked whether municipal officials are entitled to qualified immunity against such claims.
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