WILLIAMS v. MANNIS

No. 17-2017.

889 F.3d 926 (2018)

Renee S. WILLIAMS, Bankruptcy Trustee (originally named as Seneca Thornton), Plaintiff-Appellee v. Dean MANNIS, Individually and in his Official Capacity, Defendant-Appellant. Arkansas Municipal League; Stuttgart Police Department; Mike Smith, Police Chief, Individually and in his Official Capacity; Steven Bobo, Deputy Police Chief, Individually and in his Official Capacity; City of Stuttgart; Arkansas County; Arkansas County Sheriff's Department; Alan Cheek, Sheriff, Individually and in his Official Capacity; Bobby Dumond, Individually and in his Official Capacity; Lloyd Pace, Individually and in his Official Capacity; Arkansas State Police; Scott Russell, Individually and in his Official Capacity, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 10, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Jon Barrett , BARRETT LAW FIRM, Little Rock, AR, Kathryn L. Hudson , Justin Scott Huett , HUDSON LAW OFFICE, Little Rock, AR, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael Allen Mosley , ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, North Little Rock, AR, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before WOLLMAN, SHEPHERD, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.


In 2014, Seneca Thornton was employed as a patrol officer by the Stuttgart (Arkansas) Police Department. On August 19, 2014, he was summoned into the Arkansas County (Arkansas) prosecutor's office and informed that "audio and video evidence" suggested that Thornton had purchased Xanax illegally from a confidential informant...

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