Opinion ID: 2807463
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Supervisory and Municipal Liability Claims

Text: Finally, the district court granted summary judgment to the county and the sheriff on Schoettle’s section 1983 supervisory and municipal liability claims. This, too, was proper. We have long held that neither municipal nor supervisory liability may attach in section 1983 actions unless individual liability is first found on an underlying substantive claim. See Moore v. City of Desloge, Mo., 647 F.3d 841, 849 (8th Cir. 2011). “Because [Schoettle] failed to establish [the officers] violated [Schoettle]’s constitutional rights, [Schoettle] cannot maintain this action against either [the sheriff] or the [county].” Id.