Legal Opinion

Copeland v. Locke

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 30, 2010No. 09-2485PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Norman Steibel appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants on his claim for relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that Chief Edward Locke used excessive force to effectuate his unlawful arrest and that the City of Bella Villa was deliberately indifferent to his constitutional rights. 1 Under the facts viewed in a light most favorable to Steibel, Chief Locke is not entitled to judgment as a matter of law on some of Steibel’s claims. Therefore, we reverse in part and affirm in part.

I. BACKGROUND

Steibel based his claim on the following…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  4. Pembaur v. City of CincinnatiSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. City of Houston v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1987

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3Cited by50 opinions

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