Legal Opinion
Marshall v. Columbia Lea Regional Hospital
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 29, 2003No. 02-2184, 02-2190PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.
This case involves troubling allegations regarding possible police misconduct by an officer in Hobbs, New Mexico. We are not in a position to judge the truth of those allegations at this early stage in the litigation, but we conclude that the district court acted prematurely in granting summary judgment on all claims. 1
In December, 1996, police officer Rodney Porter stopped Plaintiff-Appellant Jimmie Marshall, an African-American part-time resident of Hobbs, New Mexico, for an alleged traffic violation. Officer Porter arrested Marshall, administered field sobriety…
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