Legal Opinion
Kinkus v. Village of Yorkville
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 13, 2008No. 07-3483UnpublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.
Defendants James Popp and Gary Anderson appeal from the district court’s denial of qualified immunity in this § 1983 action brought by Robert Kinkus. The Village of Yorkville, Ohio also appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment for Kinkus on his municipal liability claim. For the reasons that follow, we reverse, and dismiss Kinkus’s constitutional claims.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Facts
Yorkville is a village in the Ohio Valley with a population of about 1,200 people. At the time of the relevant events in this case, Plaintiff Robert Kinkus (“Kinkus”) was a member…
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