Earl Roy Cooper v. City of Greenwood, Mississippi and Leflore County, Mississippi, Earl Roy Cooper v. City of Greenwood, Mississippi

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Earl Roy Cooper appeals an adverse summary judgment rejecting his 42 U.S.C. § 1988 suit against the City of Greenwood, Mississippi and Leflore County, Mississippi for the seizure and sale of a number of firearms Cooper assertedly owned but which, as a convicted felon, he could not legally possess. Cooper’s attorney appeals the imposition of Fed.R.Civ.P. 11 sanctions. For the reasons assigned we reverse the summary judgment and vacate the imposition of sanctions.

Background

The Greenwood city police, assisted by Leflore County deputy sheriffs, executed a search warrant of…