David Snyder v. J. King etal

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

This case is about small town politics, a bare-knuekle brawl, and the right to vote. But the appeal before us is limited to drier subjects: sovereign immunity, and the pleading requirements for a civil rights action against a municipality. The district judge dismissed the state-affiliated defendants on immunity grounds, and found that the plaintiff failed to state a claim against the county-affiliated defendants. He then went on to consider whether in-junctive or declaratory relief might be available to the plaintiff, but that was unnecessary. His initial findings were…