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Parties Involved:
Kevin Chambers
Appellant
Bradley Kelling
Appellee
Michael Pennycook
Appellee
Andria Van Mierlo
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., United States District Judge for the

Eastern District of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 09-2195

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Kevin Chambers, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Eastern District of Missouri.

Michael Pennycook, Agent, *

St. Louis County Drug Task Force; * [UNPUBLISHED]

Bradley Kelling, Officer; *

Andria Van Mierlo, *

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Appellees. *

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Submitted: February 16, 2010

Filed: February 23, 2010

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Before WOLLMAN, COLLOTON, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

In this appeal after remand in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, Kevin Chambers

challenges the district court’s1

 adverse grant of summary judgment in favor of the

remaining defendants on his claims of excessive use of force and state-law assault and

battery. Upon careful review, we conclude that the district court did not err in ruling

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on the remaining defendants’ summary judgment motions despite Chambers’s pending

interlocutory appeal, see Griggs v. Provident Consumer Disc. Co., 459 U.S. 56, 58

(1982) (per curiam) (filing of notice of appeal, including interlocutory appeal, confers

jurisdiction on court of appeals and divests district court of control over “those aspects

of the case involved in the appeal”), and we find no basis for reversal, see Andrews

v. Fuoss, 417 F.3d 813, 818 (8th Cir. 2005) (affirming district court’s grant of

summary judgment where officer administered “forceful blow” in arresting plaintiff,

but plaintiff’s evidence showed only minor injuries and temporary and slight

aggravation of pre-existing conditions; plaintiff’s injuries were “precisely the type of

de minimis injuries that preclude a claim for excessive force”); Franklin v. Zain, 152

F.3d 783, 786 (8th Cir. 1998) (court may decline to exercise jurisdiction over statelaw claims if it has dismissed federal claims; affirming dismissal of those claims

without prejudice); see also Johnson v. Blaukat, 453 F.3d 1108, 1112 (8th Cir. 2006)

(summary judgment decision reviewed de novo).

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

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