Steele v. City of Bemidji

ORDER

ROSENBAUM, Chief Judge.

The individual defendants, Bemidji City Attorney Alan Felix, City Manager Phil Shealy, Police Sergeant Michael Porter, Police Officer Jon Hunt, and Police Chief Robert Tell, ask this Court to find that they are protected from suit by qualified immunity. The Court finds each moving defendant, excepting only City Attorney Felix, is entitled to qualified immunity. Accordingly, defendants’ motion is granted in part and denied in part. 1

I. Background

This case arises from plaintiff Steele’s efforts to distribute a periodical called “The Northern Herald” in Bemidji,…