Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2022-11-10 17:00:30.149466+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                           For the Eighth Circuit
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                              No. 22-1022
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                                Steven Blakeney

                      lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

                                         v.

City of Pine Lawn, Missouri; Sylvester Caldwell; Brian Krueger; Donnell Smith;
 Willie Epps; Clarence Harmon; LaShawn Colquitt; Anthony Gray; Paul Rinck;
John Struckhoff; Missouri Public Entity Risk Management Fund; Donnell Smith
        and Associates, LLC, doing business as Smith & Associates, LLC

                    lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
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                  Appeal from United States District Court
                for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
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                        Submitted: November 7, 2022
                         Filed: November 10, 2022
                               [Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, MELLOY, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
       Steven Blakeney sued the City of Pine Lawn, several city officials, and the
city’s insurance carrier. He appeals the district court’s 1 judgment against him.
Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we
affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B; see also Liteky v. United States, 510 U.S. 540, 555
(1994) (explaining that adverse rulings do not mandate recusal unless the judge
demonstrates “such a high degree of . . . antagonism as to make fair judgment
impossible”); In re Pre-Filled Propane Tank Antitrust Litig., 860 F.3d 1059, 1063
(8th Cir. 2017) (en banc) (reviewing a dismissal for failure to state a claim de novo).
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       The Honorable Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., United States District Judge for
the Eastern District of Missouri.
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