Legal Opinion
Merriman v. Walton
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 7, 1988No. 87-2382PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Chief Judge:
Defendants, Humboldt County sheriff officers, appeal the order denying their motion for summary judgment based upon their qualified immunity to the plaintiff’s § 1983 action for wrongful arrest. We affirm.
Scott B. Merriman was arrested by a Humboldt County deputy on suspicion of *1334having kidnapped Wendy Cantrell, his longtime girlfriend. The information leading to the arrest began to flow at 11 p.m. on July 16, 1986. Cantrell’s half-brother, William Ivey, telephoned the sheriffs’ department to report that his sister possibly had been kidnapped. Deputy Richard Walton was…
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3Cited by14 opinions
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