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Parties Involved:
City of Little Rock
Not Party
John Does
Not Party
Chris Erwin
Appellee
Donnie Ferneau
Not Party
Ferneau, LLC
Not Party
David Hudson
Appellant
T. Blake Mitchell
Appellee
Stuart Thomas
Not Party

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-3118

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Chris Erwin; T. Blake Mitchell

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiffs - Appellees

v.

David Hudson, individually and in his official capacity as a Police Officer in and

for the City of Little Rock, Arkansas

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant

Stuart Thomas, Chief of Police, individually and in his official capacity as Chief of

Police for the Little Rock Police Department; City of Little Rock, Arkansas;

Ferneau, LLC; Donnie Ferneau; John Does, 1-10

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock

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 Submitted: April 11, 2016

Filed: April 14, 2016 

[Unpublished]

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Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

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Appellate Case: 15-3118 Page: 1 Date Filed: 04/14/2016 Entry ID: 4388246 
PER CURIAM.

Little Rock Police Officer David Hudson challenges the district court’s1

 denial

of summary judgment based on qualified immunity on an excessive-force claim raised

by plaintiff Chris Erwin in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. After careful review, see

Shannon v. Koehler, 616 F.3d 855, 861 (8th Cir. 2010) (appellate court has

jurisdiction to review denial of qualified immunity through interlocutory appeal under

collateral order doctrine; appellate review in this circumstance is limited to

determining whether conduct district court found sufficiently supported for summary

judgment purposes violated plaintiff’s clearly established rights); Krout v. Goemmer,

583 F.3d 557, 564 (8th Cir. 2009) (de novo review of legal issues is given to district

court’s determination that defendant is not entitled to qualified immunity), we

conclude denial was appropriate for the reasons stated by the district court.

The denial of qualified immunity is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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The Honorable James M. Moody Jr., United States District Judge for the

Eastern District of Arkansas.

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