LETTERMAN v. DOES

No. 16-1410, No. 16-1771.

859 F.3d 1120 (2017)

Jimmy Lee LETTERMAN; Annette Fay Letterman, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jon DOES, individually, and in their official capacities, Defendant, Steven Lammers; Noreen Gastineau; Jerry Farnsworth; Bryan Earls, Defendants-Appellants, Marcia Jennings, Defendant, Jimmy Lee Letterman; Annette Fay Letterman, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jon Does, individually, and in their official capacities, Defendants, Steven Lammers; Noreen Gastineau; Jerry Farnsworth; Bryan Earls, Defendants-Appellants, Marcia Jennings, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Anthony Relys , Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Louis, MO, argued ( Chris Koster , Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, on the brief), for appellants.

Ari N. Rodopoulos , Wood Law Firm, LLC, Kansas City, MO, argued ( Noah K. Wood , on the brief), for appellees.

Before GRUENDER, MURPHY, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


Jimmy Lee and Annette Fay Letterman brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Missouri tort law against officers of the Missouri Department of Corrections ("Defendants") for the death of their son while in custody. Three of the Defendants previously appealed the district court's1 order

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