FLETCHER v. TOMLINSON

No. 16-4399.

895 F.3d 1010 (2018)

Calvin FLETCHER, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellee v. Joseph TOMLINSON, Defendant Nicholas Martorano; John Moton, Defendants-Appellants Jonathan Carroll; City of St. Louis; St. Louis City Metropolitan Police Department; Board of Police Commissioners; Corizon, Inc.; Dr. Jane Doe; Jane Doe, 1; Jane Doe, 2; Richard Gray, in his capacity as police commissioner; Thomas Irwin, in his capacity as police commissioner; Erwin Switzer, in his capacity as police commissioner; Bettye Battle-Turner, in her capacity as police commissioner; Francis G. Slay, in his capacity as police commissioner; Paul Geiger; April Scott; Rhalashondra Straughter; Joyce Sanchez; Blake Leadbetter; Jane Doe, 3; Jane Doe, 4; John Doe, 1; John Doe, 2, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 13, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip A. Tatlow , Bollwerk & Tatlow, Saint Louis, Mark Zoole , Mark H. Zoole, P.C., Saint Louis, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Amy Christine Haywood , Henry F. Luepke, III , Jillian M. Mueller , Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Saint Louis, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, ARNOLD and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


St. Louis Police Department (SLPD) Officers Nicholas Martorano and John Moton appeal from the district court's1 judgment, entered upon a jury verdict, finding that they used excessive force in their apprehension and arrest of Calvin Fletcher and awarding...

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