HENLEY v. BROWN

No. 11-2561.

686 F.3d 634 (2012)

Crystal HENLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sgt. Bill BROWN, In his Individual and Official Capacity; Kansas City Missouri Board of Police Commissioners; Patrick McInerney, Acting Member of the Kansas City, Missouri Board of Police Commissioners; Alvin Brooks, Acting Member of the Kansas City, Missouri Board of Police Commissioners; Lisa Pelofsky, Acting Member of the Kansas City Missouri Board of Police Commissioners; Angela Wasson-Hunt, Acting Member of the Kansas City, Missouri Board of Police Commissioners; Mark Funkhouser, Mayor, Acting Member of the Kansas City, Missouri Board of Police Commissioners; Officer Michael Throckmorton, In his Individual & Official Capacity; Officer Dwight Parker, In his Individual & Official Capacity; Officer John Connor, An Alias Name For an Instructor at the Police Academy (In his Individual & Official Capacity); Officer John Doe, In his Individual & Official Capacity; Chief James Corwin, In his Official Capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca M. Randles , Randles, Mata & Brown, LC, Kansas City, MO, argued ( Brian J. Klopfenstein , Kearney, MO, on the brief), for appellant.

Nicolas Taulbee , Asst. Atty. Gen., Kansas City, MO, argued ( Chris Koster , Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, Lauren A. Horsman , Asst. Atty. Gen., Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellees.

Before LOKEN, BYE, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.


BYE, Circuit Judge.

Crystal Henley brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners and its members, Chief of Police Jim Corwin, and certain individual police officers, alleging constitutional violations under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution. The district court dismissed the action for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, reasoning Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides...

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