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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
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PUBLISH 

AUG 16 1991 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

MARIA JACOBS; BRIGETTE JACOBS; 

ANDREA JACOBS; DENNIS JACOBS, 

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

v. 

MARK DUJMOVIC; VALERIE DUJMOVIC; 

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THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ) 

THE COUNTY OF SUMMIT; BRUCE BAUMGARTNER;) 

THE SUMMIT COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT; ) 

DELBERT EWOLDT; RANDY STRAWN; ) 

BRECKENRIDGE POLICE; AL KIBURAS; ) 

STEVE ANDERSON; BARBARA HANFLAND; ) 

TERRY RUCKRIEGLE, ) 

Defendants-Appellees. 

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ROBER'r L. HOECKEI~. 

Clerk 

No. 91-1015 

(752 F. Supp. 1516) 

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO 

(D.C. No. 88-B-1985) 

Submitted on the briefs: 

Maria Jacobs, Brigette Jacobs, Andrea Jacobs, and Dennis Jacobs, 

pro se. 

Cathy S. Harris, Thomas J. Lyons, of Hall & Evans, Denver, 

Colorado, for Defendants-Appellees Board of County Commissioners 

of the County of Summit, Bruce Baumgartner, The Summit County 

Sheriff's Department, Sheriff Delbert Ewoldt, and Deputy Sheriff 

Randy Strawn. 

Theodore S. Halaby, James B. Buck, of Halaby & McCrea, Denver, 

Colorado, for Defendants-Appellees Breckenridge Police Department, 

Chief of Police Al Kiburas, Officer Steve Anderson, and Secretary 

Barbara Hanfland. 

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Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Timothy M. Tymkovich, Solicitor 

General, Raymond T. Slaughter, Chief Deputy Attorney General, 

Timothy R. Arnold, Deputy Attorney General, Gregg E. Kay, First 

Assistant Attorney General, George S. Meyer, Assistant Attorney 

General Tort Litigation Section, Denver, Colorado, for DefendantAppellee The Honorable Terry Ruckriegle. 

Before LOGAN, MOORE, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges. 

PER CURIAM. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

Plaintiffs Maria Jacobs, Brigette Jacobs, Andrea Jacobs, and 

Dennis Jacobs appeal the district court's order denying 

plaintiffs' verified motion for partial summary judgment, 

dismissing defendants Breckenridge Police Department, Chief of 

Police Al Kiburas, Officer Steve Anderson, and Secretary Barbara 

Hanfland (the Breckenridge defendants), Valerie Dujmovic, and the 

Honorable Terry Ruckriegle, and granting summary judgment to 

defendants Board of County Commissioners of Summit County, 

Colorado, County Administrator Bruce Baumgartner, Summit County 

Sheriff's Department, Sheriff Delbert Ewoldt, and Deputy Sheriff 

Randy Strawn (the Summit County defendants), and Marc Dujmovic. 

Jacobs v. Dujmovic, 752 F. Supp. 1516, 1526 (D. Colo. 1990). 

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In this action brought 

plaintiffs claimed violations 

pursuant to 42 u.s.c. § 1983, 

of various constitutional rights 

arising out of defendant Marc Dujmovic's assertion of a landlord's 

lien against plaintiffs' personal property under Colo. Rev. Stat. 

§ 38-12-102, and subsequent actions by the remaining defendants 

in connection with 1) the lien, 2) Dujmovic's action for unlawful 

detainer, and 3) plaintiff's counterclaims. Id. at 1519. On 

appeal, plaintiffs, pro se, argue: 1) res judicata does not 

preclude the district court from considering the merits of their 

suit, 2) they are not required on summary judgment to show a 

custom, policy, or practice by the Summit County defendants to 

state a claim under section 1983, 3) the district court erred in 

dismissing certain claims ·for failure to state a claim, and 

4) immunity does not bar plaintiffs' claims against Judge 

Ruckriegle, the Summit County defendants, and the Breckenridge 

defendants. 

This court has jurisdiction by virtue of 28 u.s.c. § 1291. 

We review this case de novo, applying the same standard as the 

trial court. Osgood v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 848 F.2d 

141, 143 (10th Cir. 1988)(summary judgment); Morgan v. City of 

Rawlins, 792 F.2d 975, 978 (10th Cir. 1986)(sufficiency of a 

complaint to state a claim). Construing plaintiffs' complaint 

liberally, as required by Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519 (1972), 

and based on our review of the appellate record, the parties' 

briefs, and the pertinent law, we conclude the district court 

correctly decided this case. 

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Therefore, for substantially the same reasons contained in 

the district court's memorandum opinion and order, Jacobs, 752 

F. Supp. 1516, and on the basis of the authorities therein, the 

judgment of the United States District Court for the District of 

Colorado is AFFIRMED. 

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