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 A federal judge ruled today that law officers in a polygamous community acted appropriately when they handcuffed and removed a former sect member from a home he was trying to claim.    U.S. District Judge Dale A. Kimball granted summary judgment in favor of the city and officers, saying the deputies had reasonable cause to handcuff Andrew Chatwin during a dispute over the home and that Chatwin failed to prove his rights were violated during the short standoff.    Chatwin had alleged Hildale City, former Colorado City Town Marshal Fred Barlow and deputies Jonathan Roundy and Helaman Barlow violated his rights when they barred him from a home in the community in 2005.    The Colorado City Town Marshal’s Office provides law enforcement service in Hildale and the adjoining town of Colorado City, Ariz., home to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.    Chatwin built the home in Hildale but left it in his father’s care when he defected from the sect in 1996.

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