LEDBETTER v. CITY OF TOPEKA, KAN.

No. 02-3202.

318 F.3d 1183 (2003)

Joseph R. LEDBETTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF TOPEKA, KANSAS; Mayor Joan Wagnon; Municipal Judge Neil Roach; Police Chief Dean Forester; John Doe — an unnamed Police Officer — Topeka Police Department; Officer Mark Grayson; Lisa Pinkley; and City Attorney Linda P. Jeffrey, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 6, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Ledbetter, Pro Se, Plaintiff-Appellant.

Gregory A. Lee, of Davis, Unrein, McCalister, Biggs, & Head, LLP, Topeka, KS, for the Defendants-Appellees.

Before SEYMOUR, HENRY, and BRISCOE, Circuit Judges.


HENRY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, Joseph Ledbetter, filed this pro se civil rights action against the City of Topeka, Kansas and certain of its officials, alleging that the defendants violated the Fourth Amendment by arresting him on an invalid warrant and unlawfully searching his backyard. Mr. Ledbetter also alleged violations of his First Amendment rights and his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. The district court first dismissed all of Mr...

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