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092016P.pdf   10/18/2010  Michael Dodd  v.  Steven Jones
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-2016
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Joplin   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Bye and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - civil rights. Absence of a clearly established duty to protect the victim of an accident from injury by a third party when the accident victim is not in custody supports the district court's decision to grant the police officers summary judgment based on qualified immunity; even assuming a constitutional duty of care arose, the officers' conduct at the accident scene was not so outrageous that it shocks the contemporary conscience; officer did not violate plaintiff's rights when he took a blood sample after arresting plaintiff for driving while intoxicated; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act does not create a private right of action for violation of privacy; claim against state trooper in his official capacity was a claim against the state, and the district court properly dismissed the claim under the doctrine of sovereign immunity; in the absence of a constitutional violation by the county officer, the claim for municipal liability against the county must fail.