Legal Opinion
Jerry L. Branch, Valenna Branch, Colby Branch v. Dale L. Tunnell, Individually and as Special Agent of Bureau of Land Management, State of Montana
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 12, 1994No. 93-35144PublishedCited by 1,239 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYMER, Circuit Judge:
Three years ago, we reversed the district court’s holding that the Bivens 1 complaint filed by plaintiffs Jerry L. Branch and his daughters Valenna and Colby Branch (collectively, Branch) could survive a motion to dismiss premised on the defense of qualified immunity. Branch v. Tunnell, 937 F.2d 1382 (9th Cir.1991) (Branch I). Branch alleged that defendant Dale L. Tunnell, a Special Agent with the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM), violated Branch’s Fourth Amendment rights by knowingly or recklessly misleading the magistrate judge in an affidavit for…
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