Legal Opinion
Michael Bearden v. Dudley Lemon, Individually and in His Official Capacity as the Sheriff of Cleburne County
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 2, 2007No. 06-1700PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
Michael Bearden, a former deputy of the Cleburne County, Arkansas, Sheriffs Department, sued Cleburne County Sheriff Dudley Lemon for reinstatement and damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and under two state law theories. Lemon moved for summary judgment on several grounds including qualified immunity. The district court 1 granted summary judgment as to one of Bearden’s state law claims, denied summary judgment as to the remaining state law claim, and denied qualified immunity with respect to Bearden’s claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Lemon now brings this interlocutory appeal…
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