RIFE v. OKLAHOMA DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. 16-7019.

846 F.3d 1119 (2017)

Clyde Allen RIFE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; Joe Jefferson, State Trooper; Chad Dale; Jonathon Willis; McCurtain County Jail Trust, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

January 23, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Smolen ( Robert M. Blakemore , with him on the briefs), Smolen, Smolen & Roytman, PLLC, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Stephen L. Geries ( Ammon J. Brisolara , with him on the brief), Collins Zorn & Wagner, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for McCurtain County Jail Trust, Chad Dale, and Jonathon Willis, Defendants-Appellees.

Devan A. Pederson , Assistant Attorney General, Oklahoma Attorney General's Office, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, and Joe Jefferson, Defendants-Appellees.

Before LUCERO, McKAY, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.


This case began with the plaintiff, Mr. Clyde Rife, sitting on a motorcycle next to a road, unable to recall the date, the time, or even what he had been doing in a town he had just visited. When approached by a state trooper, Mr. Rife said that he was fine. Nonetheless, the trooper questioned Mr. Rife and concluded that...

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