Legal Opinion
Ledbetter v. City of Topeka, KS
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 6, 2003No. 02-3202PublishedCited by 299 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENRY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Joseph Ledbetter, filed this pro se civil rights action against the City of Topeka, Kansas and certain of its officials, alleging that the defendants violated the Fourth Amendment by arresting him on an invalid warrant and unlawfully searching his backyard. Mr. Ledbetter also alleged violations of his First Amendment rights and his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. The district court first dismissed all of Mr. Led-better’s claims against the individual defendants, see Ledbetter v. City of Topeka, Kansas, No. 00-1153, 2001 WL 80060 (D.Kan.…
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