Legal Opinion
Wilbur Barnes v. Tony Wright
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 2, 2006No. 04-6288PublishedCited by 209 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Defendants-Appellants appeal the district court’s denial of their motion to dismiss or for summary judgment as to whether they are entitled to absolute or qualified immunity. Conservation officers had a dispute with Wilbur Barnes (“Barnes”), in which Barnes criticized them for failing adequately to perform their duties; Barnes removed a gun from his pocket, prompting one of the officers also to pull out his gun. The officers initiated and testified in grand jury proceedings against Barnes, who was later convicted in state court of three counts of…
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