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WILSON v. LAWRENCE COUNTY

No. 00-2828

260 F.3d 946 (2001)

Johnny Lee Wilson, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Lawrence County, Mo; David Tatum, Individually and in his official capacity; Doug Seneker; Bill Wegrzyn, Individually and in his official capacity, Defendants/Appellants, Bill Merritt, Defendant, Steve Kahre; Arthur Owens, Defendants/Appellants, John Does, 2-20, Individually and in their official capacities, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 15, 2001

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Derrick A. Pearce, argued, Kansas City, MO (Barry E. Warren, on the brief), for appellant.

Kevin M. Fowler, argued, Topeka, KS, for appellee.

Before BYE and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and MELLOY, District Judge.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Johnny Lee Wilson brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action against Lawrence County and several law enforcement officials for allegedly violating his constitutional rights in conducting a murder investigation, which resulted in Wilson spending over nine years in jail for a crime he did not commit. The district court2 denied appellants' motion for summary judgment...

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