063134P.pdf   08/22/2007  Devin Kilpatrick  v.  Pat King
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-3134
   District of Nebraska - North Platte   
   [PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Smith and Gruender, Circuit
   Judges]
   Civil case - Civil rights. District court did not err in finding crime-fraud
   exception to the attorney-client privilege did not apply to discovery
   questions posed to the Department of Health and Human Services's legal
   counsel, and the court did not grossly abuse its discretion in denying
   plaintiff's motion to compel the attorney's testimony; district court did
   not err in granting defendants summary judgment on plaintiff's claims
   that they put him on a child abuse register in retaliation for his actions in
   publically challenging their handling of his case, as there was insufficient
   evidence for a reasonable jury to conclude that defendants' actions were
   based on a retaliatory motive.