191793P.pdf   05/18/2021  Carlden Trotter  v.  David Shipley
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  19-1793
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Stras, Author, with Gruender and Benton, Circuit Judges] 
   Prisoner case - Prisoner Civil Rights. In this excessive force suit 
   against prison guards, the district court did not err in declining to 
   admit a letter terminating one of the defendants for an incident which 
   occurred two years later as the letter contained other information which 
   had no connection with the incident and which had the potential to unduly 
   prejudice all defendants; no error in refusing to admit evidence regarding 
   whether or not a video had been viewed as part of the investigation into 
   the incident as the investigation was not at issue in the case and 
   plaintiff had other avenues to bring up his argument regarding a coverup; 
   jury instruction regarding non-participation by one defendant was 
   accurate, neutral and complete, and the court did not err in denying 
   plaintiff's request for an alternate instruction with an 
   adverse-inference.