Legal Opinion
Smithson v. Aldrich
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 21, 2000No. Nos. 99-4146, 99-4147 and 99-4148PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BATTEY, District Judge.
Larry, Ryan, and Chris Smithson brought an action against Officers Kenneth Brown, Gregg Westemeyer, Mike McBride, Thomas Heller, Judy Stanley; Sergeants Debra Richardson and Jeff Aid-rich; and the City of Des Moines seeking damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for various acts occurring on two separate occasions. The officers seek a reversal of the district court’s denial of summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds on appellees’ Constitutional claims. We reverse.
FACTS
This case arises out of two different encounters between Des Moines police officers and the owner of a…
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