Legal Opinion
Dorian Johnson v. City of Ferguson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 25, 2017No. 16-1697PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Dorian Johnson sued Officer Darren Wilson, Police Chief Thomas Jackson, and the City of Ferguson, Missouri, for constitutional violations resulting from an encounter between Officer Wilson and Johnson. The district court1 denied Defendants’ motion to dismiss based on qualified immunity. Defendants appeal, and we affirm.
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Because this matter comes before us as an appeal from the denial of a motion to dismiss, we set forth the facts as alleged in the complaint. Hager v. Ark. Dep’t of *871Health, 735 F.3d 1009, 1013 (8th Cir. 2013). On August 9, 2014, Johnson and Michael Brown,…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Dorian Johnson v. City of FergusonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2019