Jennifer J. Pedersen v. Hennepin County, No. 05-1907 (8th Cir. 2006)

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Court Description: Civil case - civil rights. Twelve hour delay in releasing plaintiff did not violate her civil rights. See Lund v. Hennepin County, 427 F. 3d 1123 (8th Cir. 2005).

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United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 05-1907 ___________ Jennifer Johanna Pedersen, * * Appellant, * * v. * * Appeal from the United States Hennepin County; Patrick D. * District Court for the McGowan, Sheriff; Michele * District of Minnesota. Smolley, Chief Deputy; Thomas * Merkel, Inspector; Richard * [UNPUBLISHED] Estensen, Former Inspector, * officially and individually, * * Appellees. * ___________ Submitted: October 14, 2005 Filed: March 3, 2006 ___________ Before ARNOLD, MURPHY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Jennifer Pederson brought this action against the defendants for detaining her in jail for twelve hours after a court had ordered her release. Her complaint contained a claim under 28 U.S.C. ยง 1983 along with various state law claims. The district court1 granted the defendants summary judgment on the federal claim and declined to exercise further jurisdiction over the state law claims. Ms. Pederson appeals. We have already dealt with similar suits against these same defendants in previous cases and have found them to be without merit. See, e.g., Lund v. Hennepin County, 427 F.3d 1123 (8th Cir. 2005); Russell v. Hennepin County, 420 F.3d 841 (8th Cir. 2005). Finding nothing in the instant case to distinguish it from these others, we believe that an extended discussion is unnecessary and affirm the judgment of the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable Joan N. Ericksen, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota. -2-

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