Legal Opinion
Mark Atkinson v. City of Mountain View
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 8, 2013No. 11-3352PublishedCited by 383 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Chief Judge.
Mark Atkinson, a retired military police officer, sued the City of Mountain View, Missouri (city), and its former police chief, Derek Sanders, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Atkinson claimed Sanders, dressed in street clothes, used excessive force in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments when, without identifying himself as a police officer, Sanders charged at Atkinson. The charge slammed Atkinson ten to fifteen feet backward into the side of a pickup truck, causing Atkinson severe injuries.
The district court entered summary judgment against Atkinson on his federal…
2Cases cited52 opinions
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- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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