Price-Cornelison v. Brooks

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Steve Brooks, the Undersheriff of Garvin County, Oklahoma, appeals the district court’s decision denying him qualified immunity on Plaintiff-Appellee Dana L. Price-Cornelison’s two constitutional claims that Brooks failed to enforce Price-Cornelison’s protective orders because she is a lesbian victim of domestic violence. Price-Cornelison specifically alleged that, in refusing to enforce her protective orders, Brooks 1) denied her equal protection of the law; and 2) helped a private citizen unlawfully seize Price-Cornelison’s property, contrary to the…