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CURTIS v. CITY OF DES MOINES

No. 92-2719.

995 F.2d 125 (1993)

Mark Stanton CURTIS, Appellee, v. CITY OF DES MOINES, Iowa; Daniel Dusenberry; Charles R. Wolf, Defendants, Keith Morris; Denise Morris, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 28, 1993.

Rehearing Denied July 2, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George S. Eichorn, Des Moines, Iowa, argued, for appellee.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

In 1988, Des Moines police arrested Mark Stanton Curtis for the rape of Keith and Denise Morris' (the Morrises') daughter. The police brought him to the Des Moines jail, where two officers beat him. Curtis filed this § 1983 action against the two officers and the City of Des Moines (the City). Curtis prevailed, but not before the Morrises prevailed against him in a separate Iowa state court civil assault and battery suit. The Morrises...

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