Marlin E. "Bill" Jones v. Rich Thompson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Police Officer for the City of North Platte, Nebraska

Marlin E. “Bill” Jones appeals the judgment dismissing his action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 after a jury found that North Platte, Nebraska, police officer Rich Thompson did not violate Jones’s due process rights. Jones argues that the district court 1 erred in admitting highly prejudicial testimony and in refusing to give Jones’s requested instructions to the jury. We affirm.

The lawsuit arose out of a dispute between Jones and his landlord. Prior to obtaining a court order of eviction, Jones’s landlord decided to turn off the electricity to the portion of his commercial premises that Jones was…