QUINN v. YOUNG

No. 13-2074.

780 F.3d 998 (2015)

John Michase QUINN; Lavern Gonzalez, individually and as next friend to Fabian Chavez, a minor child, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. William Leon YOUNG; Benjamin Melendrez, Defendants-Appellants, Sgt Louis Armijo, a Supervisor; John or Jane Does, No. 1 and 2, Supervisors; John or Jane Doe No. 3, Spokesperson, Albuquerque Police Department; Nadine Hamby; Ray Schultz, Chief, Albuquerque Police Department; Albuquerque Police Department; City of Albuquerque, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

March 13, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Cash , Assistant City Attorney, City of Albuquerque Legal Department, Albuquerque, NM, for Defendants-Appellants.

Nicholas Sitterly , Twohig Law Firm, Albuquerque, NM ( Ray Twohig , Twohig Law Firm, Albuquerque, NM, with him on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before HOLMES, MATHESON, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.


On July 30, 2010, Plaintiffs John Quinn and Lavern Gonzalez were arrested in connection with an Albuquerque Police Department ("APD") larceny sting. They subsequently filed a civil-rights lawsuit against the arresting officers, William Young and Benjamin Melendrez ("the Officers"),

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