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053329P.pdf   09/22/2006  Jeffrey C. Rahn  v.  Vickie Hawkins et al
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  05-3329
   Eastern District of Missouri   
   [PUBLISHED] [Arnold, Author, with Loken, Chief Judge, and Doty,
   District Judge]
Civil case - Civil Rights. Jury was instructed improperly on the use of deadly force, and the error requires reversal of the jury verdicts for defendants Hawkins and Jensen and a remand for a new trial; there was no evidence that the third defendant, Officer Fitzgerald, used deadly force, so the instructional error does not apply to the judgement in his favor; while the district court erred in instructing the parties that it would only allow them two peremptory challenges, the error did not seriously effect the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings, and did not require reversal; district court should have allowed plaintiff to cross-examine a police officer witness about statements in a pamphlet given out at a police award ceremony, but the error did not effect any substantial rights and did not require reversal; defendants had standing to object to the deposition of a third party on the ground they did not receive proper notice of the deposition, and the district court did not err in quashing the deposition; district court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiff's motions to amend pleadings, join additional parties or conduct discovery as he failed to show good cause for modifying the scheduling order in the case.