Kalyn Aga v. Meade County, No. 22-3046 (8th Cir. 2023)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: [Per Curiam - Before Loken, Benton, and Stras, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Civil rights. Dismissal affirmed without comment.
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 22-3046 ___________________________ Kalyn Aga; Randy Aga; Courtney Ahrendt; Ezra Ahrendt; Janet Backes; Lauren Bader; Zachary Bader; Amy Barber; Kathy Baumberger; Amber Berry; William Berry, III; Jennifer Biggers; John Biggers; Chad Blodgett; Pamela Blodgett; Dominic Bradford; Katelyn Bradford; Diana Bromwich; Justin Bromwich; Christopher Burns; Katherine Burns; Billy Burton; Christine Burton; William Chapman, Jr.; Melinda Cherry; Nathan Cherry; Johnathan Cina; Kristin Cina; Chris Conners; Deidra Conners; Melissa Crouch; Daniel Crouse; Joseph Davis; Beau Deines; Jeffrey Digerness; Kathryn Digerness; Daniel Drown; Sheila Drown; Michael Esposto; Andrea Fischer; Stephany Fishcher; Ashley Fox; Adam Gerdes; Terry Gilbertson; Jeremy Gouldin; Sarah Gouldin; Blake Hallert; Jason Hanson; Jerome Hardy; Inez Harrington; Heather Heinert; Danielle High Bear; Eric High Bear; Randall Janssen; Brandon Jensen; Nicole Jensen; Darrin Johnson; Theresa Johnson; Cory Kaliszewski; Marie Keller; Sue Kelly; Tom Kelly; Lori Kiehn; Hanna Kraft; Amanda Little; James Little; Misty Little; Jeff Livengood; Michelle Livengood; Carlos Llorens; Jenni Llorens; Carolyn Lorge; Michael Lorge; David Lowe; Thomas Machette; Theresa Maxon; David McKelvey; Shilou McKelvey; Alexandria Mefford; Timothy Mefford; Travis Miller; Constance Ming; Geneva Minick; Robert Minick; Michael Moore; Nicole Moore; Vallene Morris; Sarah Nava; Chris Nelson; Jamie Nelson; Randy Nelson; Sandy Nelson; Amanda Oliver; Nathan Oliver; Carolina Osburn; John Osburn; Brenda Oxner; Richard Oxner; Scott Perry; Kyle Pfeifle; Crystal Powell; Jocelyn Powell; Tori Purcell; Deborah Radenic; James Radenic; Sandra Rave; Albert Reitz; Sage Robinson; Jared Rundell; Sara Rundell; Bryce Salisbury; Megan Salisbury; Glenda Schamber; William Schamber; Lonald Schnittgrund; Kelly Schultz; Korey Schultz; Justin Schummer; Jason Schultz; Kendra Scott; Matthew Scott; Carina Sheperd; Jack Sheperd; Cole Smith; Samantha Smith; Scott Smith; Valerie Gerdes; Michael Souza; Bruce Stacy; Sheri Stacy; Lesa Sumners; Jeremiah Sutton; Christopher Taylor; Kara Taylor; Wendi Taylor; Barry Thompson; Clyde Thompson; Janet Thompson; Erika Trudo; John Trudo, Jr.; Cheyenne Tucker; Tyler Tucker; Ashley Wagner; Matthew Wagner; Trever Wagner; Wendy Wagner; Angela Wermers; Loren Wermers; Joseph West; Julie West; Ann Wiley; Paula Wimp; William Wimp; Catherine Wirkus; Mark Wirkus; Bradley Wojahn; Rebekah Wojahn; Stephen Wright lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiffs – Appellants v. Meade County lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the District of South Dakota - Western ____________ Submitted: May 3, 2023 Filed: May 8, 2023 [Unpublished] ____________ Before LOKEN, BENTON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. A group of homeowners appeal the dismissal of their due-process claim against Meade County for letting their neighborhood be built over a mine. See 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude that the complaint failed to state a claim. See Kruger v. Nebraska, 820 F.3d 295, 301–03 (8th Cir. 2016) (reviewing the failure to state a claim de novo and explaining that the state-created-danger doctrine only applies to “immediate[] and proximate harm” (quotation marks omitted)); Dorothy J. v. Little Rock Sch. Dist., 7 F.3d 729, 733 (8th Cir. 1993) (discussing when a harm is “too -2- remote” in time). We accordingly affirm for the reasons given by the district court.1 See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable Jeffrey L. Viken, United States District Judge for the District of South Dakota. -3-
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