Legal Opinion
S.M. v. Michael Krigbaum
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 9, 2015No. 14-3704PublishedCited by 325 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
The Adult Drug Court, part of Missouri’s 45th Judicial Circuit, is a post-plea program in which non-violent drug offenders’ sentences provide treatment and rehabilitation and avoid felony convictions. In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, five female Drug Court participants (collectively, “plaintiffs”) seek damages for injuries resulting from sexual abuse by Scott Edwards, a Lieutenant in the Lincoln County Sheriffs Department, while, he acted as “tracker” for the Drug Court. 1 Plaintiffs alleged that Edwards violated their substantive due process rights. They also asserted…
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