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BALLARD v. HEINEMAN

No. 08-1103.

548 F.3d 1132 (2008)

Rodney A. BALLARD, Appellant, v. David HEINEMAN, Governor, Individually; Jon Bruning, Attorney General, Individually; Trooper No. 371, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 1, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Beckmann, argued, Lincoln, NE, for appellant.

John Lamoine Jelkin, argued, AAG, Lincoln, NE, for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, SMITH and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

Rodney A. Ballard brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Nebraska Governor David Heineman, Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning and Nebraska State Trooper No. 371, Dean Riedel. Ballard alleges he was the victim of Riedel's racially-motivated traffic stop and subsequent unconstitutional search and seizure, which Heineman and Bruning promoted through policies that encouraged the targeting of racial minorities. The district court...

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