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213858P.pdf 04/13/2023 Nathan Rinne v. Camden County
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 21-3858
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Jefferson City
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Shepherd and Grasz, Circuit Judges
Civil case - Civil rights. After defendants banned him from county
property for one year because he allegedly disrupted and harassed county
officials and employees, plaintiff brought this suit arguing the
defendants had retaliated against him for exercising his First Amendment
rights, seeking damages against defendant Hasty and a preliminary
injunction; the district court entered the preliminary injunction and
denied Hasty's motion to dismiss based on qualified immunity. Defendants
appeal. Held: The complaint adequately alleged that Hasty violated
plaintiff's clearly established rights, and the district court did not err
in denying the motion to dismiss. With respect to the preliminary
injunction, the ban would have expired on its own terms in March, 2022,
and the appeal from the order granting the injunction is moot; this is not
a case where the challenged action is capable of repetition yet evading
review, and that exception to mootness does not apply.