PYLE v. WOODS

Nos. 15-4163 and 15-4187.

874 F.3d 1257 (2017)

Ryan PYLE and Marlon Jones, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James WOODS; Kelvyn Cullimore; Cottonwood Heights, Defendants-Appellees. American Civil Liberties Union of Utah; American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado; American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas; American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico; American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma; American Civil Liberties Union of Wyoming; American Civil Liberties Union, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED November 1, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Michelman , Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C. ( Taylor B. Ayres , Ayres Law Firm, Draper, Utah; Scott C. Borison , Legg Law Firm LLC, San Mateo, California; and Scott L. Nelson , Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., with him on the briefs), for Appellants.

J. Michael Hansen , Nelson Jones, PLLC, Sandy, Utah ( David C. Richards and Sarah Elizabeth Spencer , Christensen & Jensen, P.C., Salt Lake City, Utah, with him on the brief), for Appellees.

Nathan Freed Wessler , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York; Leah Farrell and John Mejia , ACLU of Utah Foundation, Inc., Salt Lake City Utah; Mark Silverstein and Sara R. Neel , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado, Denver, Colorado; Stephen Douglas Bonney , ACLU Foundation of Kansas, Overland Park, Kansas; Alexandra Freedman Smith , ACLU of New Mexico Foundation, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Brady R. Henderson , ACLU of Oklahoma Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Courtney A. Bowie , American Civil Liberties Union of Wyoming, Cheyenne, Wyoming, on the brief for Amici Curiae in support of Appellants.

Before BRISCOE, MURPHY, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


I. Introduction

After Detective James Woods accessed a state database containing the prescription drug records of Plaintiffs Ryan Pyle and Marlon Jones, Pyle and Jones brought separate lawsuits pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, each challenging Defendants' conduct as violative of the Fourth Amendment and the Fair...

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