Steve Meyers Keith Meyers v. Gregory Nagel, and City of Circle, Montana McCone County, Montana Mark Speer
Opinion
Opinion
962 F.2d 14 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Steve MEYERS; Keith Meyers, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Gregory NAGEL, Defendant-Appellant, and City of Circle, Montana; Mccone County, Montana; Mark Speer, Defendants. No. 90-35718. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 4, 1991. * Decided April 30, 1992. Before EUGENE A. WRIGHT, HUG and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Police officer Gregory Nagel appeals the district court's order denying his motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity in Steve Meyers' civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . 1 Meyers' section 1983 claim arose from the circumstances surrounding Nagel's arrest of Meyers and the ensuing criminal prosecution. He alleged Nagel lacked probable cause to justify the arrest, Nagel used excessive force, and Nagel conspired with other city employees to deprive him of his constitutional rights by contriving criminal charges against him and fabricating…