Marc Perkel v. City of Springfield

Marc Perkel appeals the District Court’s 1 adverse grant of summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, in which he alleged that the City of Springfield, Missouri, and some of the City’s police officers and employees violated the Constitution and state laws by arresting him, detaining him, and generating a police report that contained defamatory statements about him. We affirm.

After de novo review, see Hawkins v. City of Farmington, 189 F.3d 695, 705-06 (8th Cir.1999), we conclude that defendants were entitled to judgment as a matter of law on all of plaintiffs federal claims. The…