DISCLAIMER: The following unofficial case summaries are prepared by the clerk's office
as a courtesy to the reader. They are not part of the opinion of the court.
092195P.pdf 06/06/2011 Kevin Chambers v. St. Louis County, Missouri
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 09-2195
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Wollman and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - civil rights. A citizen may prove an unreasonable seizure
based on an excessive use of force without necessarily showing more than
a de minimis injury; here, the officers were entitled to qualified immunity
on plaintiff's claims that they used excessive force against him during and
after his arrest as their actions did not violate clearly established law;
given the state of the law in August, 2005, when plaintiff was arrested, a
reasonable officer could have believed that as long as he did not inflict
more than a de minimis injury on the arrestee, his actions would not
violate the Fourth Amendment; district court did not abuse its discretion
by denying plaintiff's motion for sanctions and his motion for appointment
of counsel.
092195U.pdf 02/23/2010 Kevin Chambers v. St. Louis County, Missouri
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 09-2195
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Wollman, Colloton and
Gruender, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - civil rights. Defendants' summary judgment affirmed
without comment.