Smith v. Finch

SHIRLEY PADMORE MENSAH, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

This matter is before the Court on the Motion to Dismiss filed by Defendant Darren Garrison, Circuit Clerk of Wayne County, Missouri ("Defendant Garrison") and Laura Yount, employee of the Office of the Circuit Clerk of Wayne County, Missouri ("Defendant Yount") (collectively, "Defendants").1 (Doc. 62). The motion has been fully briefed, and the parties consented to the jurisdiction of the undersigned United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636. (Doc. 73).

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In September 2015, an officer from…