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173588P.pdf   02/14/2019  David Kasiah  v.  Gilbert Carter
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-3588
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
[PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Stras, Circuit Judge] Civil case - Civil rights. Concert-goer injured when an off-duty police officer pulled him over a five-foot barrier sued alleging wrongful arrest and use of excessive force in violation of his constitutional rights; the district court did not err in determining that the officer's acts in grabbing plaintiff, lifting him over the barrier and throwing him to the ground did not constitute excessive force, as no reasonable jury could the officer's acts were objectively unreasonable; the officer had previously determined that he had probable cause to arrest plaintiff for disorderly conduct and the actions taken were reasonable attempts to control and detain plaintiff; the officer was entitled to immunity on plaintiff's state law claims for assault and battery and general negligence under Missouri's doctrine of official immunity; the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioner could not be held liable for the officer's actions in the absence of any constitutional violation by the officer.