ARMIJO EX REL. ARMIJO SANCHEZ v. PETERSON

No. 09-2114.

601 F.3d 1065 (2010)

Martha ARMIJO, as parent and best friend of Christopher ARMIJO SANCHEZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rob PETERSON; Charles Hook; Dario Soliz; Eric Sanchez; Melissa Molina; Wallace Downs; Brian Goodman; Gabriella Graham, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 13, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose Coronado, Las Cruces, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jared Abrams, Senior Assistant City Attorney for the City of Las Cruces, Las Cruces, NM, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before KELLY, EBEL, and BRISCOE, Circuit Judges.


KELLY, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-Appellants, several municipal law enforcement officers, appeal from the district court's denial of qualified immunity in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Plaintiff-Appellee Martha Armijo sued the officers for violating the Fourth Amendment when the officers entered and searched her home and detained her son, Christopher Armijo Sanchez. On summary judgment, the district court denied qualified immunity, citing...

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