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Parties Involved:
County of Hennepin
Appellee
Richard Estensen
Appellee
Patrick D. McGowan
Appellee
Thomas Merkel
Appellee
Robert Anthony Murphy
Appellant
Michele Smolley
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-1754

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Robert Anthony Murphy, *

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Appellant, *

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v. *

* Appeal from the United States

County of Hennepin, Minnesota; * District Court for the

Patrick D. McGowan, Sheriff; * District of Minnesota.

Michele Smolley, Chief Deputy; * [UNPUBLISHED]

Thomas Merkel, Inspector; * 

Richard Estensen, Former *

Inspector, officially and individually, *

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Appellees. *

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Submitted: December 15, 2005

Filed: January 19, 2006 

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Before BYE, BOWMAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Robert Anthony Murphy sued Hennepin County and certain county officials

under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging his federal constitutional rights were violated due to

a fourteen-hour period of detention in the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center

Appellate Case: 05-1754 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/19/2006 Entry ID: 1998816
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The Honorable David S. Doty, United States District Judge for the District of

Minnesota.

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(ADC) after Murphy posted bail. The district court1

 granted Hennepin County's

motion for summary judgment after concluding Murphy failed to show deliberate

indifference to his constitutional rights. Murphy filed a timely appeal.

We are guided and controlled in our disposition of this case by several recent

decisions involving similar challenges to the outprocessing procedures at the ADC,

some of which involved a longer period of detention than the period of detention at

issue in this case. See Lund v. Hennepin County, 427 F.3d 1123 (8th Cir. 2005);

Russell v. Hennepin County, 420 F.3d 841 (8th Cir. 2005); Golberg v. Hennepin

County, 417 F.3d 808 (8th Cir. 2005); Luckes v. County of Hennepin, 415 F.3d 936

(8th Cir. 2005); Stepnes v. Hennepin County, No. 05-2059, 2005 WL 3113440 (8th

Cir. Nov. 22, 2005) (unpublished); and Killingham v. County of Hennepin, No. 04-

3216, 2005 WL 2807117 (8th Cir. Oct. 28, 2005) (unpublished). All of the issues

raised by Murphy were addressed and decided in Hennepin County's favor in one or

more of the above cases. We therefore affirm the judgment of the district court in

favor of Hennepin County in this case.

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Appellate Case: 05-1754 Page: 2 Date Filed: 01/19/2006 Entry ID: 1998816