Legal Opinion
Fayette Granda v. City of St. Louis Bettye Battle-Turner, Hon., Individually and in Her Official Capacity With the City of St. Louis
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 4, 2007No. 06-2309PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Fayette Granda brought this § 1983 action against the City of St. Louis and Municipal Judge Bettye Battle-Turner for damages and injunctive relief, alleging violation of her constitutional rights by being incarcerated as a result of her daughter’s truancy. The district court 1 granted summary judgment to both defendants. Gran-da appeals only from the judgment entered in favor of the city. We affirm.
The St. Louis mayor appointed Judge Turner to serve as a provisional municipal court judge in 1999 and then in 2001 to a four year term as a judge of the City of St. Louis…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Sylvia Ware v. Jackson County, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
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