Webb v. Sloan

330 F.3d 1158 David Q. WEBB, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. Darrin SLOAN, Robert Guimont, Rod Banister, Defendants, and Carson City, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, and Does 1-10 inclusive, Defendants. No. 01-16855. No. 02-16253. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 10, 2003. * Resubmitted April 21, 2003. Filed May 29, 2003. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Mark Forsberg, Deputy District Attorney, Carson City, Nevada, for the Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. Robert W. Story, Cooke Story, Ltd., Reno, Nevada, for the Plaintiff-Appellee; David Q. Webb, pro se, Plaintiff-Cross-Appellant. Brent Kolvet, Thorndal, Armstrong, Delk, Balkenbush & Eisinger, Reno, Nevada, for the amicus curiae. Appeals from the United States District Court, for the District of Nevada; Edward C. Reed, Jr., District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-97-00673-ECR. Before: KOZINSKI, GRABER, and BERZON, Circuit Judges. OPINION GRABER, Circuit Judge. 1 Plaintiff David Q. Webb obtained an $80,000 jury verdict in this civil rights action against Carson City, Nevada, after he was prosecuted without probable cause for obstruction of justice. His…