Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-05-08 16:00:35.490945+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                            For the Eighth Circuit
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                                No. 22-3046
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 Kalyn Aga; Randy Aga; Courtney Ahrendt; Ezra Ahrendt; Janet Backes; Lauren
 Bader; Zachary Bader; Amy Barber; Kathy Baumberger; Amber Berry; William
    Berry, III; Jennifer Biggers; John Biggers; Chad Blodgett; Pamela Blodgett;
    Dominic Bradford; Katelyn Bradford; Diana Bromwich; Justin Bromwich;
   Christopher Burns; Katherine Burns; Billy Burton; Christine Burton; William
   Chapman, Jr.; Melinda Cherry; Nathan Cherry; Johnathan Cina; Kristin Cina;
  Chris Conners; Deidra Conners; Melissa Crouch; Daniel Crouse; Joseph Davis;
Beau Deines; Jeffrey Digerness; Kathryn Digerness; Daniel Drown; Sheila Drown;
Michael Esposto; Andrea Fischer; Stephany Fishcher; Ashley Fox; Adam Gerdes;
 Terry Gilbertson; Jeremy Gouldin; Sarah Gouldin; Blake Hallert; Jason Hanson;
 Jerome Hardy; Inez Harrington; Heather Heinert; Danielle High Bear; Eric High
 Bear; Randall Janssen; Brandon Jensen; Nicole Jensen; Darrin Johnson; Theresa
  Johnson; Cory Kaliszewski; Marie Keller; Sue Kelly; Tom Kelly; Lori Kiehn;
Hanna Kraft; Amanda Little; James Little; Misty Little; Jeff Livengood; Michelle
 Livengood; Carlos Llorens; Jenni Llorens; Carolyn Lorge; Michael Lorge; David
 Lowe; Thomas Machette; Theresa Maxon; David McKelvey; Shilou McKelvey;
 Alexandria Mefford; Timothy Mefford; Travis Miller; Constance Ming; Geneva
  Minick; Robert Minick; Michael Moore; Nicole Moore; Vallene Morris; Sarah
Nava; Chris Nelson; Jamie Nelson; Randy Nelson; Sandy Nelson; Amanda Oliver;
  Nathan Oliver; Carolina Osburn; John Osburn; Brenda Oxner; Richard Oxner;
 Scott Perry; Kyle Pfeifle; Crystal Powell; Jocelyn Powell; Tori Purcell; Deborah
    Radenic; James Radenic; Sandra Rave; Albert Reitz; Sage Robinson; Jared
   Rundell; Sara Rundell; Bryce Salisbury; Megan Salisbury; Glenda Schamber;
  William Schamber; Lonald Schnittgrund; Kelly Schultz; Korey Schultz; Justin
  Schummer; Jason Schultz; Kendra Scott; Matthew Scott; Carina Sheperd; Jack
   Sheperd; Cole Smith; Samantha Smith; Scott Smith; Valerie Gerdes; Michael
  Souza; Bruce Stacy; Sheri Stacy; Lesa Sumners; Jeremiah Sutton; Christopher
  Taylor; Kara Taylor; Wendi Taylor; Barry Thompson; Clyde Thompson; Janet
Thompson; Erika Trudo; John Trudo, Jr.; Cheyenne Tucker; Tyler Tucker; Ashley
  Wagner; Matthew Wagner; Trever Wagner; Wendy Wagner; Angela Wermers;
   Loren Wermers; Joseph West; Julie West; Ann Wiley; Paula Wimp; William
   Wimp; Catherine Wirkus; Mark Wirkus; Bradley Wojahn; Rebekah Wojahn;
                              Stephen Wright

                       lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiffs – Appellants

                                           v.

                                    Meade County

                       lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee
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                     Appeal from United States District Court
                    for the District of South Dakota - Western
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                              Submitted: May 3, 2023
                                Filed: May 8, 2023
                                  [Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, BENTON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      A group of homeowners appeal the dismissal of their due-process claim
against Meade County for letting their neighborhood be built over a mine. See 42
U.S.C. § 1983. Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments on
appeal, we conclude that the complaint failed to state a claim. See Kruger v.
Nebraska, 820 F.3d 295, 301–03 (8th Cir. 2016) (reviewing the failure to state a
claim de novo and explaining that the state-created-danger doctrine only applies to
“immediate[] and proximate harm” (quotation marks omitted)); Dorothy J. v. Little
Rock Sch. Dist., 7 F.3d 729, 733 (8th Cir. 1993) (discussing when a harm is “too

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remote” in time). We accordingly affirm for the reasons given by the district court.1
See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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      1
       The Honorable Jeffrey L. Viken, United States District Judge for the District
of South Dakota.
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