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Civil Rights

Aug 31, 2023

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.[...]

Aug 30, 2023

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)           

Aug 23, 2023

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.

Aug 23, 2023

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[...]

Aug 23, 2023

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. 

Aug 17, 2023

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).

Aug 17, 2023

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).

Aug 17, 2023

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)

Aug 17, 2023

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).

Aug 17, 2023

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.

Aug 17, 2023

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.

Aug 17, 2023

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)

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