Stephen Curtiss v. Charles Palmer, No. 15-1653 (8th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Per Curiam - Before Loken, Bowman and Colloton, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Civil rights. Defendants' summary judgment on claim they violated plaintiff's civil rights by unlawfully detaining him after a court ordered him released from his involuntary commitment at the Civil Commitment Unit for Sex Offenders affirmed without comment.
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 15-1653 ___________________________ Stephen Curtiss lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant v. John McCormally, Assistant Attorney General lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant Charles Palmer, Director of Department of Human Services lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee Steve Addington, Attorney lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant Bob Stout; Jason Smith lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City ____________ Submitted: November 16, 2015 Filed: December 3, 2015 [Unpublished] ____________ Before LOKEN, BOWMAN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Stephen Curtiss appeals from the order of the District Court1 granting summary judgment to defendants on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint alleging that Iowa officials unlawfully detained him after a state court ordered him released from his involuntary commitment at the Civil Commitment Unit for Sex Offenders (CCUSO). We conclude that the District Court properly granted summary judgment. See Crain v. Bd. of Police Comm’rs, 920 F.2d 1402, 1405–06 (8th Cir. 1990) (standard of review). AFFIRMED. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ 1 The late Honorable Donald E. O’Brien, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa. -2-
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