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Civil Rights: Unlawful Detention-First Amendment Retaliation-Qualified Immunity
Murphy v. Schmitt (MLW No. 80486/Case No. 22-1726 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Harpool, J.
Civil Rights: Religious Freedom-RLUIPA-Res Judicata
The Satanic Temple v. City of Belle Plaine (MLW No. 80463/Case Nos. 21-3079 & 21-3081 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kobes, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Wright, J. (Matthew A. Kezhaya, of Minneapolis, MN for appellant) (Monte Mills, of Minneapolis, MN for appellees; Katherine M. Swenson, of Minneapolis, MN on the brief)
Civil Rights: 1983-Failure to Provide Medical Aid-Qualified Immunity
Cheeks v. Belmar (MLW No. 80473/Case No. 22-2749 – 11 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Grasz, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Pitlyk, J. (Robert T. Plunkert, of St. Louis, MO for appellant) (Christopher Bent, of St. Louis, MO for appellee)
Civil Rights: Title VI-National Origin Discrimination-Unemployment Insurance
Murguia v. Childers (MLW No. 80438/Case No. 22-2831 – 17 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Grasz, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas, Brooks, J. (Jaden Zoe Atkins, of Springdale, AR for appellant; Kevin Robert De Liban, of West Memphis, AR and Trevor Scott Hawkins, of Jonesboro, AR on the brief) (Asher Steinberg, Senior Assistant Solicitor General, of L[...]
Civil Rights: Seizure-Due Process-Damages
Meier v. City of St. Louis (MLW No. 80447/Case No. 22-2206 – 11 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Schelp, J. (Brandon David Laird, St. Louis, MO argued for appellant; Korey Lewis appeared on the brief) (Gregory Fenlon, St. Louis, MO argued for appellee).
Civil Rights: 1983-Prison Inmate-Deliberate Indifference
Dean v. Bearden (MLW No. 80429/Case No. 21-3093 – 8 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Stras, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Bough, J. (Maria Ann Lanahan, AAG, of St. Louis, MO for appellant; Kaleb D. Gregory, AAG, formerly of St. Louis, MO on the brief) (Jenifer C. Snow, of St. Louis, MO for appellee; John J. Ammann, of St. Louis, MO and Brendan D.[...]
Civil Rights: 1983-Jail Detainee-Qualified Immunity
Glober v. Paul (MLW No. 80437/Case No. 22-2640 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Brasel, J. (Robert B. Roche, of Saint Paul, MN for appellant) (Caitlinrose Hoolihan Fisher, of Minneapolis, MN for appellee; Virginia R. McCalmont, of Minneapolis, MN on the brief)
Civil Rights: 1983-Prison Inmate-Retaliatory Search
Covert v. Plummer (MLW No. 80411/Case No. 23-1557 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas.
Civil Rights: 1983-Excessive Force-Objectively Reasonable Use of Force
Quinones v. City of Edina (MLW No. 80398/Case No. 22-2818 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Schiltz, J. Brian Keith Lewis, of Woodbury, MN for appellant; Francis H. White, of Woodbury, MN on the brief) (Joseph E. Flynn, of Lake Elmo, MN and Julia Catherine Kelly, of Bloomington, MN for appellees; Joseph E. Fl[...]
Civil Rights: 1983-Dental Treatment-Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
Avery v. Stringfellow Dentistry (MLW No. 80402/Case No. 22-3250 – 3 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Marshall, J.
Civil Rights: Whistleblower Claim-First Amendment-Discovery Rulings
Marlow v. City of Clarendon (MLW No. 80369/Case No. 22-2533 – 11 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Miller, J. (Lucien R. Gillham, Little Rock, AR argued for appellant) (Matthew Keith Wren, Little Rock, AR argued for appellee).
Civil Rights: Title IX Claim-Deliberate Indifference-Student Sexual Assault
Doe v. Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges (MLW No. 80383/Case No. 22-1814 – 13 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Erickson, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, Bataillon, J. (George E. Martin III, Omaha, NE argued for appellant) (Maren Lynn Chaloupka, Scottsbluff, NE argued for appellee).
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