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Parties Involved:
Cord Bowers
Appellant
Natashia Bowers
Appellant
C Mark Chappelle
Appellee
Iowa Department of Human Services
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellee
Stephanie Yeoman
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 13-2602

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Cord Bowers; Natashia Bowers

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiffs - Appellants

v.

Stephanie Yeoman; C Mark Chappelle; Iowa Department of Human Services,

Employees John and Jane Doe 1-10; Iowa Department of Human Services; State

of Iowa

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees

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 Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines

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 Submitted: December 18, 2013

Filed: December 31, 2013

[Unpublished]

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Before MURPHY, SMITH, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Cord and Natashia Bowers brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action arising out of

allegations that their infant daughter was unconstitutionally removed from Natashia

Bowers without objective reason to believe that abuse or neglect had occurred. The

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district court dismissed the complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

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12(b)(6), and the Bowers appeal. Upon careful de novo review of the record below,

and the submissions before us on appeal, we conclude that the district court did not

err in dismissing the complaint as failing to state a claim and as raising claims that

were barred by qualified immunity. We also conclude that the district court did not

abuse its discretion in denying leave to amend the complaint.

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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The Honorable John A. Jarvey, United States District Judge for the Southern 1

District of Iowa.

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