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202961P.pdf   11/29/2021  John Burns  v.  Brad Cole
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  20-2961
                          and No:  20-3284
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Wollman and Kobes, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Civil rights. In action alleging defendant Cole retaliated 
   against the plaintiff deputy sheriffs for engaging in constitutionally 
   protected political activities by supporting defendant Cole's opposition 
   in the election for sheriff, the district court granted defendants' motion 
   for summary judgment, citing Curtis v. Christian County, 963 F.3d 777 (8th 
   Cir. 2020). The district court did not err in interpreting or applying 
   Curtis and in finding defendant Cole did not violate plaintiffs' First 
   Amendment rights; the conclusion that Cole did not commit an 
   unconstitutional act necessarily resolves the official capacity municipal 
   liability claims involving the county and the county commissioners.