Thornton v. City of Kirkwood

Charles Thornton (“Plaintiff’) appeals from the trial court’s judgment granting summary judgment in favor of defendants City of Kirkwood (“City”) and Ken Yost (“Yost”) (collectively “Defendants”) on Plaintiffs claims of malicious prosecution and civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C. section 1983. We dismiss.

The lawsuit arises from a series of citations Plaintiff received for committing violations of the City’s municipal ordinances relating to construction and Plaintiffs attempts to fight these citations in court. 1 Yost is the Director of Public Works for the City, a municipal corporation,…