Stanley C. Rybachek and Rosalie A. Rybachek v. United States of America, Leroy S. Loiselle
Opinion
Opinion
8 F.3d 29 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Stanley C. RYBACHEK and Rosalie A. Rybachek, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Leroy S. Loiselle, Defendant-Appellant. No. 91-35160. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 6, 1992. * Decided Sept. 29, 1993. 1 Before HUG and POOLE, Circuit Judges, and PRO, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 This is a Bivens 1 action. The plaintiffs-appellees, two Alaskan gold miners, charge that in the course of enforcing environmental regulations, an Environmental Protection Agency official violated their constitutional rights. 4 Appellees allege that the EPA official, Leroy Loiselle, conducted harassing helicopter "overflights" of their mine, publicly branded them "flagrant violators" of the Clean Water Act, publicly equated Alaskan gold miners with child molesters and drug traffickers, and singled them out for enforcement proceedings, all because they are vocal critics…