Arven Malcom, Jr. v. Chas. Wooldridge etc, et al, No. 06-3529 (8th Cir. 2008)

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Court Description: Civil case - civil rights. Defendants' summary judgment affirmed without comment.

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United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 06-3529 ___________ Arven Malcom, Jr., individually and as a class of one, Appellant, v. Charles A. Wooldridge, individually and in his official capacity as Treatment Case Worker/Counselor at the Nebraska Center for Children and Youth, Lincoln, Nebraska; Unknown Defendant Case Workers/Counselors, at the Nebraska Center for Children and Youth, Lincoln, Nebraska; P. Stephen Potter, individually and in his official capacity as Public Defender for Dawson County, Nebraska; Lloyd G. Kaufman, individually and in his official capacity as County Judge for Dawson County, Nebraska; Lois Bliven, individually and in her official capacity as the Clerk Magistrate of the Dawson County Court in Dawson County, Nebraska; Kent E. Florom, individually and in his official capacity as County Judge for Dawson County, Nebraska; John H. Marsh, individually and in his official capacity as County Attorney for Dawson County, Nebraska; Michael F. Maloney, * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. [UNPUBLISHED] individually and in his official capacity as a Deputy County Attorney for Dawson County, Nebraska; J. Burke Smith, individually and in his official capacity as a Deputy County Attorney for Dawson County, Nebraska; Reg Dallman, individually and in his official capacity as Probation Officer for the County of Dawson, Nebraska; Mark Montgomery, individually and in his official capacity as a Deputy Sheriff for Dawson County, Nebraska; Bradley Christner, individually and in his official capacity as a Deputy Sheriff for Dawson County, Nebraska; Elizabeth Friedrichey Waterman, individually and in her official capacity as a defense attorney for plaintiff; Leonard P. Vyhnalek, individually and in his official capacity as a defense attorney for plaintiff; Donald E. Rowlands, II, individually and in his official capacity as District Court Judge in and for the District Court of Dawson County, Nebraska; Kurt R. McBride, individually and in his official capacity as an appellate defense attorney for plaintiff; Colleen J. White, OCR, RPR, individually and in her official capacity as a District Court Reporter in and for the District Court of Dawson County, Nebraska, and for the District Court of Lincoln County, Nebraska; County of Dawson, Nebraska, a political * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * -2- subdivision, organized and existing in the State of Nebraska, Appellees. * * * * ___________ Submitted: July 30, 2008 Filed: August 7, 2008 ___________ Before MELLOY, COLLOTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Arven Malcom, Jr., appeals the adverse judgment entered by the district court1 in his 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983 action against private and government defendants who Malcom claimed violated his rights with regard to a 1992 state judgment of conviction that was later found to be invalid. Following careful de novo review, we affirm for the reasons provided by the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. -3-

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