MINER v. BRACKNEY

No. 82-2267.

719 F.2d 954 (1983)

Anthony MINER and Eric Simmons, Appellants, v. Rick BRACKNEY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 28, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian C. Underwood, St. Louis, Mo., for appellants, Anthony Miner and Eric Simmons.

Eugene K. Buckley, Evans & Dixon, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before BRIGHT, JOHN R. GIBSON and FAGG, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 7, 1983.

PER CURIAM.

Anthony Miner and Eric Simmons brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming Rick Brackney, a police officer in Hillsdale, Missouri, filed a false report which stated that Miner had implicated Simmons in the commission of a robbery. Simmons was subsequently convicted in state court, and was in the process of appealing his conviction when this suit was filed. The district court...

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