Legal Opinion
Jeremy Nelson v. County of Wright James R. Hudek
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 10, 1998No. 98-2026PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Jeremy Nelson was injured when Deputy Sheriff James R. Hudek attempted to arrest him following his flight from the Willmar Regional Treatment Center (Willmar), and he later sued Hudek and Wright County under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Minnesota tort law. Nelson claims that Hudek used excessive force in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights and committed an unjustified battery and that the county should be vicariously liable for the battery. The district court 1 granted summary judgment to the defendants, and Nelson appeals. We affirm.
Nelson was committed to Willmar as…
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