Daryl L. Davis v. Barbara Knell

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

These interlocutory appeals follow the district court’s disposition of the defendants’ motions for summary judgment on Daryl Davis’s § 1983 claims alleging due process violations in connection with his prolonged incarceration after he was ordered released. For the reasons stated below, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 1

In December of 1997, a jury convicted Daryl Davis of stealing $150 or more, a class C felony under Missouri law. The Missouri state court sentenced Davis as a prior offender and pronounced a seven-year term of imprisonment. He…