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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Other Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

JONESBORO DIVISION 

BRYAN KEITH ROGERS PLAINTIFF 

v. No. 3:13-cv-198-DPM 

CITY OF POCAHONTAS, ARKANSAS; 

CECIL TACKETT, Individually and in his 

Official Capacity as a Chief of Police 

for the Pocahontas Police Department; 

TREY HARE, Individually and in his Official 

Capacity as a Police Officer for Pocahontas 

Police Department; BRIAN TILGHMAN, 

Individually and in his Official Capacity as a 

Police Officer for Pocahontas Police 

Department; and DANE DILAN, Individually 

and in his Official Capacity as a Police 

Officer for Pocahontas Police Department 

ORDER 

DEFENDANTS 

Rogers has not responded to Defendants' motion for summary 

judgment. The Court alerted Rogers and extended his time to do so- noting 

that the Court would conclude the motion was conceded if no response was 

filed. NQ 20. None was. The material facts, NQ 16, are therefore deemed 

admitted. LOCAL RULE 56.1(c); Libel v. Adventure Lands of America, Inc., 482 

F.3d 1028, 1033 (8th Cir. 2007). Defendants' motion, NQ 15, is granted as 

conceded. 

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The Court sees no constitutional violation during Rogers's arrest. 

Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386, 396-97 (1989). But even if one occurred, 

Rogers hasn't shown that a municipal policy or custom was the cause. Monell 

v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658,691 (1978). And the officers are 

entitled to qualified immunity for their judgment calls in the circumstances. 

Austell v. Sprenger, 690 F.3d 929,936 (8th Cir. 2012); see also Cole v. City of Little 

Rock, 131 F.3d 721,722 (8th Cir. 1997) (recognizing sua sponte dismissal based 

on qualified immunity). The record doesn't create a jury question on failure 

to train or supervise. Atkinson v. City of Mountain View, Mo., 709 F.3d 1201, 

1217 (8th Cir. 2013). The Court sees no Sixth Amendment or Equal Protection 

violations either. Rogers's echoing claims under the Arkansas Civil Rights 

Act fail as a matter of law. Hess v. Ables, 714 F.3d 1048, 1054 (8th Cir. 2013). 

So Ordered. 

D.P. Marshall J . 

United States District Judge 

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