Christopher Bruce v. Polk County Attorney's Office, No. 18-3039 (8th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Per Curiam - Before Loken, Gruender and Erickson, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Civil rights. Defendants' judgments in these Section 1983 actions affirmed without comment.
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 18-3038 ___________________________ Christopher Bruce; Elizabeth Bruce lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiffs - Appellants v. Polk County Attorney’s Office; John P. Sarcone, Polk County Attorney; Jesse Ramirez, Polk County Attorney; Stephanie Brown, Polk County Attorney; Kevin J. Brownell, Polk County Attorney; Kevin Bell, Asst Polk County Attorney; Iowa Department of Human Services; Katie Gosch, Case Worker; Stephanie Rhinehart, Supervisor; Emily Nieman, SW4; Des Moines Police Department; Jake Lancaster, Detective; Altoona Police Dept; Carroll Police Department; Greg Bellinghausen, Officer Carroll PD; Iowa State Attorney General's Office; Grant Keith Dugdale, Asst Attorney General; Kathrine Sue Miller-Todd, Asst Attorney General; Children & Families of Iowa, Inc.; Ashley Andrews, Visit Supervisor; William Price, Judge; William Kelly, Judge; Robert Blink, Judge; Carol Egly, Judge; Jeanie Kunkle Vaudt, Judge; Anastasia Hurn, Magistrate Judge; Linda Lane, Former Asst Polk County Attorney; Dale Mays, Attorney; Paul White, GAL Attorney; Beth Walker, Attorney; Anthony Reed, Manager, Central Iowa Family Services; Lucas Taylor, Mark R. Hinshaw Law Firm lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ___________________________ No. 18-3039 ___________________________ Christopher Bruce, The Living Man; Elizabeth Bruce, The Living Woman lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiffs - Appellants v. William Price; William P. Kelly; Carol Egly; Jeanie Kunkle Vaudt; Robert J. Blink; Anastasia Hurn; Emily Nieman; Stephanie Rhinehart; Katie Gosch; Linda Lane; John P. Sarcone; Jesse Ramirez; Kevin Bell; Stephanie Brown; Kevin J. Brownell; Grant Keith Dugdale; Kathrine Sue Miller-Todd; Jake Lancaster; Alyssa Wilson; Gary Bellinghausen; Jeanne Munson; Kyle Theis; Newbury Living; Nancy Elscott; The Des Moines Register, (U.S.A. Today); Darren Tromblay; Jeffrey Pitts; Dale Mays; Paul White; Lucas Taylor; Ashley Cronbaugh; Anthony Reed lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ____________ Appeals from United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines ____________ Submitted: July 1, 2019 Filed: July 5, 2019 [Unpublished] ____________ Before LOKEN, GRUENDER, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. In these consolidated appeals, Christopher and Elizabeth Bruce appeal the district court’s1 adverse judgments in their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions. After careful de novo review, we find no error in the district court’s well-reasoned decisions. See Montin v. Moore, 846 F.3d 289, 292 (8th Cir. 2017) (de novo review of Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) dismissal); Johnson v. Blaukat, 453 F.3d 1108, 1112 (8th Cir. 2006) 1 The Honorable Rebecca Ebinger, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa. -2- (de novo review of grant of summary judgment); Moore v. Sims, 200 F.3d 1170, 1171 (8th Cir. 2000) (per curiam) (de novo review of dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii)). We also find no judicial bias or denial of due process in the district court’s decisions. See United States v. Oaks, 606 F.3d 530, 537 (8th Cir. 2010) (adverse rulings do not establish bias); Christiansen v. Clarke, 147 F.3d 655, 657-58 (8th Cir. 1998) (dismissal under § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) does not violate litigant’s due process rights). Accordingly, we affirm the judgment. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. We also deny the Bruces’ motion to supplement the record. ______________________________ -3-
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