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Sisneros v. Office of Pueblo Cnty Sheriff, 11-1312 (2012)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Number: 11-1312 Visitors: 114
Filed: May 22, 2012
Latest Update: Mar. 26, 2017
Summary: FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS May 22, 2012 TENTH CIRCUIT Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court GEORGE SISNEROS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OFFICE OF PUEBLO COUNTY SHERIFF; KIRK TAYLOR, Pueblo County Sheriff; PUEBLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DETENTION CENTER, John and Jane Doe deputies and No. 11-1312 employees (to be later specifically (D.C. No. 1:09-CV-01646-PAB-MJW) identified) of Pueblo County Sheriff (D. Colo.) and Detention Center; JOHN/JANE DOE, physi
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FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS May 22, 2012 TENTH CIRCUIT Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court GEORGE SISNEROS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OFFICE OF PUEBLO COUNTY SHERIFF; KIRK TAYLOR, Pueblo County Sheriff; PUEBLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DETENTION CENTER, John and Jane Doe deputies and No. 11-1312 employees (to be later specifically (D.C. No. 1:09-CV-01646-PAB-MJW) identified) of Pueblo County Sheriff (D. Colo.) and Detention Center; JOHN/JANE DOE, physicians and medical treatment providers (to be later specifically identified) at Pueblo County Sheriff’s Detention Center; CITY OF PUEBLO; JAMES W. BILLINGS, JR., Chief of Police of Pueblo; RONALD M. ORESKOVICH, Officer, Defendants-Appellees. ORDER AND JUDGMENT * Before TYMKOVICH, BALDOCK, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges. * This order and judgment is not binding precedent except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1. Before us is George Sisneros’s appeal from a grant of qualified immunity to Officer Ronald Oreskovich and Sheriff Kirk Taylor, as well as the district court’s denial of Mr. Sisneros’s motion for leave to amend his complaint. The injuries Mr. Sisneros suffered are serious and saddening. But the district court thoroughly and carefully surveyed the relevant facts and law in four separate orders spanning more than forty pages before concluding that governing precedent required it first to grant qualified immunity and then to dismiss the case. After our own independent and searching review of the briefs and record in this case, we are able to discern no reversible error in the district court’s analysis. Neither are we able to see anything we might usefully say that has not been said already. Accordingly, we affirm for substantially the reasons the district court provided in its extensive opinions. ENTERED FOR THE COURT Neil M. Gorsuch Circuit Judge -2-
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