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132074P.pdf 07/18/2014 Josh Williams v. Scott Decker
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 13-2074
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Jefferson City
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Smith and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Civil rights. District court did not err in granting the
defendant police officers summary judgment based on qualified immunity on
plaintiffs' claims the officers violated their civil rights while
conducting a traffic stop; the scope of the stop did not exceed the
permissible scope of an investigative stop under Terry; plaintiff
Williams's thirty-minute detention was supported by probable cause to
believe he had a criminal history which made his possession of a firearm
found at the scene unlawful; argument that the senior district court judge
who decided the case lacked authority to do so because of her senior
status is rejected.