SOK KONG v. CITY OF BURNSVILLE

No. 19-1101.

960 F.3d 985 (2020)

SOK KONG, TRUSTEE FOR Next-of-Kin of MAP KONG, Decedent, Plaintiff-Appellee v. CITY OF BURNSVILLE; Maksim Yakovlev, in his individual and official capacity; John Mott, in his individual and official capacity; Taylor Jacobs, in his individual and official capacity, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 29, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellants and appeared on the brief was Patrick S. Collins , of Lake Elmo, MN. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellant brief; Joseph E. Flynn , of Lake Elmo, MN.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee and appeared on the brief was Richard E. Student , of Minneapolis, MN. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief; Steven J. Meshbesher , of Minneapolis, MN.

Before LOKEN, BENTON, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


Map Kong was fatally shot by police in Burnsville, Minnesota. His next-of-kin's Trustee, Sok Kong, sued the City of Burnsville and the officers who shot him— Maksim Yakovlev, John Mott, and Taylor Jacobs—under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. The district court denied the defendants' motion for summary judgment...

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