Legal Opinion
McFarland v. Childers
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 10, 2000No. 99-7023PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENRY, Circuit Judge.
The defendant J. Reanae Childers, an agent of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (“OSBI”), seeks to appeal the district court’s denial of her motion for summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds. The district court ruled that Agent Childers was not entitled to qualified immunity on either of plaintiff Amy Jewel McFarland’s claims: (1) that Agent Childers improperly detained her on October 25, 1996, thereby violating the Fourth Amendment; and (2) that Agent Childers violated the Fourth Amendment by executing probable cause affidavits wrongfully charging Ms.…
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