Loy v. Sexton

OPINION

RESTANI, Judge.

Defendant-Appellant, Sheriff Timothy Sexton, appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for summary judgment in which he sought qualified immunity in response to allegations of violations of constitutional rights by Plaintiffs-Appellees, Bobby and Brenda Loy. Because the Loys have failed to show that Sexton deprived them of a constitutionally protected right, we REVERSE the district court’s judgment and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

I. BACKGROUND

Timothy Sexton has been the sheriff of Lawrence County, Ohio since November 2000. He…