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FRANCE v. LUCAS

No. 15-3593.

836 F.3d 612 (2016)

Geneva FRANCE; Lowestco Ballard, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lee LUCAS, et al., Defendants, Charles Metcalf; Matt Mayer; Larry Faith; J. Steve Sheldon; Richland County, Ohio; Estate of Jerrell Bray, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 7, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Charles A. Koenig , KOENIG & LONG, LLC, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants. Daniel T. Downey , FISHEL HASS KIM ALBRECHT LLP, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellees Faith, Mayer, Sheldon, and Richland County. Michael M. Heimlich , Delaware, Ohio, for Appellee Metcalf. ON BRIEF: Charles A. Koenig , Todd A. Long , KOENIG & LONG, LLC, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants. Daniel T. Downey , Paul M. Bernhart , FISHEL HASS KIM ALBRECHT LLP, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellees Faith, Mayer, Sheldon, and Richland County. Michael M. Heimlich , Delaware, Ohio, for Appellee Metcalf.

McKEAGUE, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which NORRIS, J., joined, and WHITE, J., joined in part. WHITE, J. (pp. 632-43), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

OPINION

Plaintiffs-appellants Lowestco Ballard and Geneva France were framed during Operation Turnaround, a corrupt investigation into the Mansfield, Ohio drug trade by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Richland County Sheriff's Office (RCSO). The federal government prosecuted Ballard and...

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