Henderson v. Mohave County

54 F.3d 592 Kathy Lynn HENDERSON, for herself and as natural guardian and parent of Korinne Nichole EPSTEIN, a minor child, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; Joe Cook, Mohave County Sheriff S.D.; Scott Durst, Mohave County Deputy; Nick Ingrassi; Wilbur Hadlock; K. Jackson and John Epstein, Mohave County Deputies, Defendants-Appellants. No. 93-16735. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 15, 1995. Decided May 3, 1995. As Amended June 6, 1995. William R. Jones, Jr. and David C. Lewis, Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, Phoenix, AZ, for defendants-appellants. Charles B. Gustafson, Flagstaff, AZ, for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before: FLETCHER, REINHARDT and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. NOONAN, Circuit Judge: 1 Mohave County Sheriff S.D. "Joe" Cook and associated deputy sheriffs (collectively the sheriffs) and Mohave County appeal the denial by the district court of qualified immunity. The action was brought against them by Kathy Lynn Henderson for herself and as the natural guardian and parent of her daughter Korinne Nichole Epstein. Henderson alleged that she and her daughter…