Legal Opinion
Seymour v. City of Des Moines
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 25, 2008No. 06-3842PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Kenneth and Rachel Seymour appeal from the district court’s1 order granting summary judgment to the City of Des Moines, Iowa (“the City”), and Des Moines police officers Detective Brian Danner and Sergeant Barry Arnold (collectively “the defendants”). We affirm.
I
A. The Events of March 20, 2002
On March 20, 2002, the Seymours (whom we shall refer to by their first names) were the parents of three sons: three-year-old Joshua, eighteen-month-old Joseph, and four-month-old Nathaniel. At about 6:30 that evening, Rachel left the home to do some shopping, taking Joshua with her…
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