LYNCH v. BARRETT

No. 12-1222.

703 F.3d 1153 (2013)

Nick LYNCH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Adam BARRETT; Sgt. Stephen Kenfield; Michael Morelock; City and County of Denver, Defendants-Appellants, and Abbegayle Dorn, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

January 4, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy J. Shea , Assistant City Attorney, Office of City Attorney, Litigation Section ( Stuart Shapiro , Assistant City Attorney, Douglas Jewell , Bruno, Colin, Jewell & Lowe, P.C., and Reid J. Elkus , Elkus, Sisson & Rosenstein, P.C., with her on the brief), Denver, CO, for Defendants-Appellants.

Robert M. Liechty , Cross Liechty Lance PC, Greenwood Village, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before HARTZ, BALDOCK, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.


BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Nick Lynch claims Defendants Adam Barrett, Stephen Kenfield, and Michael Morelock, all police officers for Defendant City and County of Denver, violated his constitutional right to court access by refusing to disclose who exercised excessive force against him in the course of an arrest. Plaintiff further claims Defendant City violated his right to court access by adopting a policy and practice that precipitated the "conspiracy of...

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