Strandlund v. Hawley

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Lonnie Strandlund, Christopher Holscher, Jeremiah Brendsel, and Richard Krawiecki brought this action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988 against Mille Lacs Sheriff Brent Lindgren, deputy William Hawley, and the county, alleging violations of their constitutional rights and common law torts. Defendants moved for summary judgment which was granted in part as to plaintiff Strandlund. Finding insufficient commonality in respect to the claims of the other plaintiffs, the district court dropped and dismissed them from the action pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 21. Subsequent…