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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).
Civil Rights: Shooting of Dog-Unconstitutional “Seizure”-Municipal Liability
Buschmann v. Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners (MLW No. 80356/Case No. 22-2815 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Phillips, J. (Eric Charles Crinnian, of Kansas City, MO for appellants) (Nicholas Taulbee, AAG, for Kansas City, MO for appellees)
Civil Right: Pretrial Custody-Deliberate Indifference-Disability Discrimination
Hall v. Higgins (MLW No. 80385/Case No. 22-2582 – 13 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Miller, J. (Samuel David Kinder Weiss, Washington, D.C. argued for appellant) (Christopher Stevens, Little Rock, AR argued for appellee).
Civil Rights: Adverse Summary Judgment-Inmate Action
Matthews v. Pierre (MLW No. 80387/Case No. 22-3495 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas.
Civil Rights: 1983-Medical Treatment by Unlicensed Personnel-Unsanitary Conditions of Confinement
Lemmons v. Chambers (MLW No. 80367/Case No. 23-2318 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri.
Civil Rights: 1983-Excessive Force-State Created Danger
Estate of Brown v. West (MLW No. 80351/Case No. 22-1763 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kobes, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Baker, J. (Lloyd W. Kitchens, III, of Little Rock, AR for appellant) (Gabrielle Denise Gibson, of North Little Rock, AR for appellee)
Latest Opinion Digests
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- Appellate Practice : Jurisdiction – Final Judgment
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