Legal Opinion
Kenneth Harold Swipies v. Frank Kofka
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 12, 2005No. 04-3244PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Kenneth Swipies sued Woodbury County, Iowa, Deputy Sheriff Frank Kofka under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violating his fourteenth amendment rights to substantive and procedural due process. The jury found in favor of Deputy Kofka with respect to the substantive due process claim. As to the procedural due process claim, however, it found for Mr. Swipies and awarded him $1 in nominal damages and $30,000 in punitive damages. Deputy Kof-ka appeals. He argues that the district court should have entered judgment as a matter of law in his favor with respect to the…
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