Legal Opinion
Matthew Livers v. Tim Dunning
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 8, 2012No. 11-1877, 11-1879, 11-1880, 11-1917, 11-1918PublishedCited by 203 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Chief Judge.
Cousins Matthew Livers and Nicholas Sampson were arrested and jailed awaiting trial for the murders of Sharmon and Wayne Stock after Livers confessed to the murders and implicated Sampson as an accomplice. Later, the charges against Livers and Sampson were dropped. They separately sued individual officials and municipal entities involved in the investigation, citing 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and alleging numerous constitutional violations. Several of the individual defendants appeal from the district court’s denials of their motions for summary judgment based on qualified immunity.…
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