Legal Opinion
Sharon Denise Kennell v. Diahann Gates
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 14, 2000No. 99-1931PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Officer Diahann Gates of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department appeals from the jury verdict finding her liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Supp. Ill 1997) for plaintiff Sharon Denise Kennell’s six-day confinement on an arrest warrant issued for Sharon’s sister, Deborah Kennell. We must decide whether evidence that Gates was sent a report over an in-house computer message system indicating that the wrong sister was in custody is sufficient to allow a jury to find that Gates had actual knowledge of a substantial risk that Sharon was mistakenly imprisoned. We hold that…
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