In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that defendant-officers unlawfully detained plaintiffs and searched their home, summary judgment for defendants on qualified immunity grounds is affirmed where defendants’ discovery of marijuana ultimately gave them reason to detain plaintiffs, to seize the marijuana, and to perform two more searches of plaintiffs’ apartment.
Read Harman v. Pollock, No. 08-4068
Appellate Information
Filed November 18, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Henry
Counsel
For Appellants:
Robert B. Sykes, Alyson E. Carter, Scott R. Edgar, Robert B. Sykes & Associates, P.C., Salt Lake City, UT
For Appellees:
J. Clifford Petersen and Mark L. Shurtleff, Utah Attorney General’s Office, Salt Lake City, UT
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