Case Name: Robert Neil JOOS, Jr., also known as David Dean, Appellant, v. Deputy RATLIFF, Benton County; Deputy Spann, Benton County; Sheriff Andy Lee; Unknown Deputies, of Benton County Jail, Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1996-10-11
Citations: 97 F.3d 1125
Docket Number: No. 95-2103
Parties: Robert Neil JOOS, Jr., also known as David Dean, Appellant, v. Deputy RATLIFF, Benton County; Deputy Spann, Benton County; Sheriff Andy Lee; Unknown Deputies, of Benton County Jail, Appellees.
Judges: Before BEAM, LOKEN, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 97
Pages: 1125–1127

Head Matter:
Robert Neil JOOS, Jr., also known as David Dean, Appellant, v. Deputy RATLIFF, Benton County; Deputy Spann, Benton County; Sheriff Andy Lee; Unknown Deputies, of Benton County Jail, Appellees.
No. 95-2103.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted March 18, 1996.
Decided Oct. 11, 1996.
David C. Schoen, Fayetteville, AR, for appellant.
Edwin V. Gartin, Bentonville, AR, argued, for appellee.
Before BEAM, LOKEN, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Robert Joos appeals from the district court's judgment in favor of defendants following an evidentiary hearing in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We conclude the force employed against Joos in connection with his arrest was both de minimis and a reasonable response when Joos resisted officers' attempts to effect his arrest and booking. We further conclude that the district court properly denied the remainder of Joos's claims and that an extended discussion is unwarranted. Accordingly, we affirm.
. The Honorable H. Franklin Waters, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendation of the Honorable Beverly R. Stites, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.