Legal Opinion
Stearns v. Clarkson
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 13, 2010No. 09-3103, 09-3110PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TACHA, Circuit Judge.
This case arises out of the arrest and strip search of plaintiff-appellee Daniel N. Stearns in Winfield, Kansas on March 28, 2006. Mr. Stearns filed a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Cowley County, the City of Winfield, and nine individual law enforcement officials, alleging violations of his Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. Defendants Floyd Clarkson, Tom Campbell, Steve Bumpas, and Christopher Smith filed motions for summary judgment based on qualified immunity, which the district court denied. They now appeal.…
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