SHRUM v. COOKE

No. 21-3150.

60 F.4th 1304 (2023)

Walt Jasper Samuel SHRUM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dustin COOKE, Investigator, Kingman County, Kansas Sheriff's Office in his official and individual capacities; Travis Sowers, Sergeant, City of Kingman, Kansas Police Department in his official and individual capacities; Kingman County, Kansas; City of Kingman Kansas; Randy L. Hill, Sheriff, Kingman County, Kansas in his official and individual capacities; David Lux, Chief, City of Kingman, Kansas Police Department in his official and individual capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED February 28, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian F. McCallister, The McCallister Law Firm, P.C., Kansas City, Missouri, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Lyndon W. Vix (Brooks Severson with him on the brief), Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C., Wichita, Kansas, for Defendant-Appellees Travis Sowers, David Lux and City of Kingsman, Kansas.

Allen G. Glendenning, Watkins Calcara, CHTD, Great Bend, Kansas, for Defendants-Appellees Dustin Cooke, Randy Hill and Kingman County.

Before TYMKOVICH, PHILLIPS, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.


While investigating the overdose death of Walter Shrum's wife, law enforcement officers searched Mr. Shrum's home and discovered drugs, firearms, and ammunition. He was charged with various crimes in federal court. Before trial he argued the officers had illegally searched his home, and that the evidence discovered could...

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