Legal Opinion

Zachary Church v. Bob Anderson

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided August 3, 2018No. 17-2077PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

Zachary Church appeals the district court's 1 adverse grant of summary judgment on his claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. The district court concluded that Officer Bob Anderson is entitled to qualified immunity because his actions were objectively reasonable under the circumstances. We affirm.

In the early hours of December 25, 2013, Anderson, an officer with the Cedar Falls Police Department, noticed a vehicle parked with its engine running. Anderson found Church in the driver's seat and detected odors of alcohol and burnt marijuana. After frisking Church and…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Scott v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Mullenix v. LunaSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  4. Plumhoff v. RickardSupreme Court of the United States · 2014
  5. Brown v. City of Golden ValleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009

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3Cited by20 opinions

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  4. David Kasiah v. Gilbert CarterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2019
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