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033687P.pdf 08/23/2004 Raymond Dillon v. Brown County
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 03-3687
District of Nebraska
Civil Case - civil rights. Following a collision between county sheriffs
and driver of an all-terrain vehicle during a chase, district court granted
summary judgment to sheriffs and county, concluding allegations of gross
negligence were insufficient to satisfy a claim of substantive due process.
Because injured driver must show an intent to harm in order to establish a
violation of substantive due process and he made no allegation that
officers acted with the requisite intent, district court's grant of summary
judgment was proper. District court did not abuse its discretion in
denying attorneys fees to officers. [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with
M. Arnold and Riley, Circuit Judges]