171309P.pdf   07/10/2018  Michael Holmes  v.  Bobby Lee Garrett
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-1309
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Loken and Gruender, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Civil rights. In a civil rights action by a Holmes following 
   the grant of habeas relief based on the defendant police officers' 
   misconduct in Holmes's conviction on drug and firearms charges, the 
   district court did not err in excluding evidence of Holmes's prior arrests 
   on drug offenses under Rule 404(b); nor did the court err in permitting 
   limited testimony by the U.S. Attorney who prosecuted defendant Garrett as 
   the evidence helped the jury understand the criminal charges which had 
   been filed; nor did the court err in permitting Holmes to introduce expert 
   testimony on police practices from a psychologist who was also a former 
   police captain and police psychologist; the psychologist's testimony on 
   best practices was relevant as it went to professional standards for 
   police conduct and police protocols; evidence was sufficient to establish 
   a conspiracy to violate Holmes's civil rights; evidence was sufficient to 
   support the jury's verdict for Holmes on his state law claims for false 
   imprisonment and malicious prosecution; challenges to jury instructions on 
   conspiracy, malicious prosecution and damages rejected.