Matthew Akins v. Daniel Knight

Over a period of years Matthew Akins had numerous encounters' with police officers in Columbia, Missouri, and in 2015 Akins filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The defendants are five police officers, three prosecutors, the city of Columbia, and Boone County (collectively the defendants). Akins alleges numerous violations of his constitutional rights arising from, these encounters. The .district court 1 granted a motion to dismiss by some of the defendants and a motion for summary judgment by others. The court also denied Akins’ motion for partial summary judgment and two motions…