Legal Opinion
Sause v. Bauer
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 20, 2017No. 16-3231PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORITZ, Circuit Judge.
Mary Anne Sause brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Officers Lee Stevens and Jason Lindsey (the defendants) violated her rights under the First Amendment. The district court dismissed Sause’s complaint with prejudice for failure to state a claim, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), and Sause appeals.
Because Sause fails to demonstrate that the contours of the right at issue are clearly established, we agree with the district court that the defendants are entitled to qualified immunity. And we likewise agree that allowing Sause leave to amend her complaint…
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