Gibson v. Cook, et al., No. 13-2179 (8th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff filed suit asserting various state and federal claims against, inter alia, arresting officers, the City, his public defender, his probation officer, and two county sheriffs for delaying plaintiff's release. On appeal, plaintiff challenged the district court's grant of summary judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. 1983 claims against defendants. The court concluded that the officers had probable cause to arrest plaintiff on three different occasions; plaintiff failed to allege sufficient facts to suggest that the public defender reached an understanding with the prosecutor or other state actors to violate his constitutional rights; the county sheriffs properly deferred to the MDOC, which held him in extended custody for an extra day; and claims against the city were foreclosed. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court.
Court Description: Civil Case - civil rights. District court did not err in granting defendants summary judgment on civil rights claims brought against arresting officers, the city of Dexter, the public defender, the probation officers and two county sheriffs. Probable cause existed to arrest Gibson in January and April 2008, there was insufficient evidence of a conspiracy between the public defender and prosecutor, there was probable cause to arrest Gibson for violating probation in May, and the sheriffs were not deliberately indifferent to defer to instructions from the Department of Corrections. Claims against the City of Dexter are without merit.
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