McDannell v. City of Gladstone

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI WESTERN DIVISION CHRISTOPHER M. McDANNEL, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) Case No. 4:24-CV-00124-DGK ) CITY OF GLADSTONE, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS This lawsuit arises from a traffic stop in which Plaintiff Christopher McDannel was a passenger. During the stop, McDannel was placed in handcuffs and later taken to the ground after law enforcement officers attempted to place him in a police car and he resisted. McDannel alleges that after he had yielded, two officers held him down while a third…