Legal Opinion
Mayfield v. Bethards
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 20, 2016No. 15-3074PublishedCited by 219 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McHUGH, Circuit Judge.
Kent and Tonya Mayfield, proceeding pro se, brought this action against Deputy Jim Bethards under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming he violated their Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights by killing their pet dog. Deputy - Bethards raised a qualified-immunity defense and moved to dismiss the Complaint under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim. The district court denied his motion and Deputy Bethards appeals. We affirm.
I. Background
The Mayfields claim Deputies Clark and Bethards violated their Fourth Amendment rights by entering their property without a…
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