HOLMES v. SLAY

No. 17-1309.

895 F.3d 993 (2018)

Michael James HOLMES, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Mayor Francis G. SLAY, In his official capacity as a member of the Board of Police Commissioners of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department; Bettye Battle-Turner, In her official capacity as a member of the Board of Police Commissioners of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department; Col. Richard Gray, In his official capacity as a member of the Board of Police Commissioners of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department; Chief Jerome D. Lee, In his official capacity as a member of the Board of Police Commissioners of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department; Col. Thomas Irwin, In his official capacity as a member of the Board of Police Commissioners of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Defendants. Bobby Lee Garrett, In his official capacity as a member of the Board of Police Commissioners of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and individually; Shell Sharp, In his official capacity as a member of the Board of Police Commissioners of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, and individually, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 10, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roshna Bala Keen , Jon Loevy , David B. Owens , Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Joshua Divine , Attorney General's Office, Jefferson City, MO, Robert J. Isaacson , Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Saint Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before LOKEN, GRUENDER, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


In 2006, Michael Holmes was convicted of possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. We affirmed those convictions on appeal. United States v. Holmes (Holmes I), 231 F. App'x 535 (8th Cir. 2007) (per...

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