Legal Opinion
Floyd L. Roberson v. Hayti Police Department Paul Sheckell, Lt. Chris Riggs
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 9, 2001No. 99-4287PublishedCited by 253 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.
Floyd Roberson was shot by an officer of the Hayti, Missouri, police department and filed suit in federal court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court granted summary judgment against Roberson on his claim against one officer, denied him leave to amend his claim to include the city as a defendant, and entered judgment on a jury verdict in favor of another officer. Roberson appeals. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.
I
Roberson, a black man, was shot twice in the hip and buttock on the evening of August 2, 1994, by an officer of the Hayti Police…
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