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Parties Involved:
Jimmy Lee Brown
Appellant
Gregory Harper
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-3367

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Jimmy Lee Brown

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

Gregory Harper, individually and in his official capacity as a Hope, Arkansas

police officer

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Western District of Arkansas - Texarkana

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 Submitted: May 13, 2016

Filed: May 20, 2016

[Unpublished]

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Before COLLOTON, GRUENDER, KELLY, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Appellate Case: 15-3367 Page: 1 Date Filed: 05/20/2016 Entry ID: 4400853 
In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, Jimmy Brown appeals the district court’s1

adverse grant of summary judgment on his claim that police officer Gregory Harper

illegally seized him. Brown has also moved for this court to recuse itself. 

To begin, we deny Brown’s motion. See 28 U.S.C. § 455 (providing standard

for disqualification of judges). Additionally, after careful de novo review, we

conclude that summary judgment was properly granted. See Peterson v. Kopp, 754

F.3d 594, 598 (8th Cir. 2014) (standard of review); United States v. Carpenter, 462

F.3d 981, 985 (8th Cir. 2006) (seizure does not occur simply because officer

approaches individual and asks few questions, so long as reasonable person would feel

free to disregard officer and go about his business). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th

Cir. R. 47B.

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The Honorable Susan O. Hickey, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable

Barry A. Bryant, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.

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Appellate Case: 15-3367 Page: 2 Date Filed: 05/20/2016 Entry ID: 4400853