John Sinclair, Lawrence "Pun" Plamondon, John Waterhouse Forrest v. Richard G. Kleindienst

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge LUMBARD.

LUMBARD, Senior Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs John Sinclair, Lawrence “Pun” Plamondon, and John Forrest appeal from an order of the District Court for the District of Columbia which granted summary judgment for defendant John Mitchell and denied the plaintiff’s motion to join new defendants and conduct further discovery. We agree with Judge Gasch’s holding that Mitchell was protected by qualified immunity, and thus we affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Mitchell. We see no reason, however, to restrict the…