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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 

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The Honorable Patrick J. Schiltz, United States District Judge for the District

of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Janie S.

Mayeron, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota. 

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-3707

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Patrick Fitzgerald Ester, *

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Appellant, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

v. * District of Minnesota.

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Agent Daniel Paul Faflak, Jr.; * [UNPUBLISHED]

Detective David Sebesta, *

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Appellees. *

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Submitted: October 3, 2007

Filed: October 12, 2007

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Before BYE, RILEY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Patrick Fitzgerald Ester appeals the district court’s1

 adverse grant of summary

judgment based on qualified immunity. We have carefully reviewed the record and

considered Ester’s arguments for reversal. See Robinette v. Jones, 476 F.3d 585, 590-

91 (8th Cir. 2007) (de novo standard of review). We agree with the district court that

the question whether defendants reasonably believed their actions violated the Fourth

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Amendment turns on the objective reasonableness of their conduct and not on their

subjective intent. See McClendon v. Story County Sheriff’s Office, 403 F.3d 510,

515-16 & n.4 (8th Cir. 2005) (officer’s subjective intent is never relevant under Fourth

Amendment analysis so long as there exists objective basis for seizure). Accordingly,

we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. We also deny Ester’s motion to supplement the

record. 

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