DALTON v. REYNOLDS

No. 19-2047.

2 F.4th 1300 (2021)

Karri DALTON, as the personal representative of the estate of Nikki Bascom, and next friend to M.B., a minor child and A.C., a minor child, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chief Ed REYNOLDS; Captain Ricky Villalobos, Defendants-Appellants, and Town of Silver City; Grant County; The Estate of Marcello Contreras; Deputy Jacob Villegas; Sgt. Frank Gomez; Detective Adam Arellano, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed June 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cody R. Rogers ( Mark D. Standridge with him on the briefs), Jarmie & Rogers, P.C., Las Cruces, New Mexico, for Appellants.

Laura Schauer Ives ( Joseph P. Kennedy and Adam C. Flores with her on the brief), Kennedy Kennedy & Ives, PC, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Appellee.

Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge, LUCERO, Senior Circuit Judge, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judge.


This case arose after a Silver City police officer murdered his ex-girlfriend, Nikki Bascom, and then committed suicide. Her Estate sued, alleging the Silver City police did not adequately respond to Ms. Bascom's domestic violence complaints because the shooter, Marcello Contreras, was a fellow police officer. The Estate...

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