Arthur Clark Melissa Clark v. Earl Link R.E. Combs, and Charles Britt Fredrickia Britt Frank Stanley

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

This section 1983, 42 U.S.C. conspiracy action was begun by the plaintiffs against certain private individuals and two county deputy sheriffs. The two officers filed a defense denying participation in any conspiracy to violate plaintiffs’ constitutional rights and pleading specially qualified immunity. The district judge heard the qualified immunity defense and the claim of insufficiency of evidence of an actionable conspiracy on a motion for summary judgment by the two officer defendants. The motion was denied on both grounds and the officer defendants have…