Hunt v. Iron Cnty.

Clark Waddoups, United States District Court Judge

INTRODUCTION

Ranchers in southwestern Utah frustrated by a neighbor's difficult roaming stallion finally took matters into their own hands when they corralled and castrated the problem horse in April, 2013. This action led to criminal charges of Wanton Destruction of Livestock against the plaintiffs in Iron County, as well as the lawsuit pending before this court.1 Originally filed in 2015 while their criminal prosecutions were pending in state court, plaintiffs amended this § 1983 action as a matter of right three months later. (ECF No. 3.) In…