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111877P.pdf 11/08/2012 Matthew Livers v. Tim Dunning
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 11-1877
and No: 11-1879
and No: 11-1880
and No: 11-1917
and No: 11-1918
U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha
[PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Wollman and Smith, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Civil Rights. District court erred in denying defendants
qualified immunity on plaintiffs' Fifth Amendment due process claims as
that amendment only restrains the federal government and none of the
defendants are federal employees; on claims defendants coerced a
confession from plaintiff Livers, the district court did not err in denying
defendants' motions for summary judgment based on qualified immunity
as their actions potentially violated a clearly established right and a
reasonable officer would have known that; district court erred in denying
defendants' motion for summary judgment on plaintiff Sampson's claims
that they violated his rights by coercing Livers' confession as he did not
have standing; the district court did not err in denying defendants
summary judgment on Livers' claims they violated his rights by
fabricating evidence; defendant Dunning was entitled to qualified
immunity on Livers' failure-to-train and failure-to-supervise claims;
district court did not err in denying defendants' motion for summary
judgment on plaintiffs' false arrest claims; assuming defendants failed to
disclose exculpatory evidence, there was no Brady violation because
plaintiffs were not convicted; defendants are entitled to qualified
immunity on plaintiff Livers' failure-to-intervene claim; plaintiffs
presented sufficient allegations and evidence of violation of clearly
established rights to survive the Cass and NSP defendants' motion for
summary judgment on their conspiracy claims; defendant Dunning was
entitled to summary judgment on the conspiracy claims.