Legal Opinion
Joseph L. Spencer v. Bd. of Police Comm.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 26, 1999No. 98-3717PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Joseph Spencer appeals from the district court’s adverse grant of summary judgment in his section 1983 suit for personal injuries allegedly sustained as a result of his arrest and subsequent transportation to a police facility in a patrol wagon. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On January 30, 1992, while on patrol wagon duty, Officer Trussler of the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department, responded to a call to transport Spencer to the police station. Spencer had been arrested for simple assault. Upon arriving at the scene, Officer Trussler…
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