Legal Opinion

Tamela Montgomery v. City of Ames

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 10, 2014No. 13-2111PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Tamela Montgomery was seriously injured when Angenaldo Bailey broke into her house and shot her three times. Montgomery brought a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and several state-law negligence claims against the City of Ames, several Ames police officers, the State of Iowa, the director of the Iowa Department of Corrections John Baldwin, the Curt Forbes Residential Center, and John McPherson, the manager of the Residential Center. Montgomery alleged that the City of Ames and the defendant officers (the “City Defendants”) violated her constitutional right to bodily…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social ServicesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. City of Los Angeles v. HellerSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Williams v. RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
  5. Moyle v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009

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3Cited by26 opinions

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