Legal Opinion
Austin v. Hamilton
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 24, 1991No. 90-2024PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Joe Hamilton appeals1 from an order of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico denying a motion for summary judgment filed by Hamilton and three other federal officers on qualified immunity grounds. We have interlocutory appellate jurisdiction under Mitchell v. Forsyth, 472 U.S. 511, 105 S.Ct. 2806, 86 L.Ed.2d 411 (1985), even though the district court based its denial of the motion on a finding that disputed material facts exist in the case. See DeVargas v. Mason & Hanger-Silas Mason Co., 844 F.2d 714, 719 (10th Cir.1988). For the…
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