Legal Opinion
William Carter v. Kenny Huterson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 8, 2016No. 15-1897PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
William Carter sued employees of the Missouri Department- of Mental Health (“DMH”) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Carter alleged that these defendants violated his Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights by forcibly collecting his fingerprints, a mouth swab, and a blood sample while he was confined at Fulton Hospital as a civilly committed sexually violent predator. The district court 1 dismissed Carter’s complaint for failure to state a claim. We affirm.
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In 2002, Carter pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect to various charges related to the…
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