Archuleta v. McShan

U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit · Decided 1990-03-01

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EBEL, Circuit Judge. This appeal concerns the asserted constitutional rights of a three-year-old child who witnessed a police officer’s violent arrest of the child’s father. The child brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , alleging that his liberty interest under the Fourteenth Amendment was violated as a result of his witnessing the arrest. 1 The district court e…

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