STARK v. LEE COUNTY, IA

No. 20-1606.

993 F.3d 622 (2021)

Jaymes Anthony STARK, Plaintiff-Appellee v. LEE COUNTY, IA; State of Iowa, Defendants. Steve Sproul, Defendant-Appellant. Jeremy Hamelton; Zachary Coppage; Dustin Young; C.J. Wray, Defendants National Association for Public Defense; Rights Behind Bars, Amici on Behalf of Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 7, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. O'Brien , Dave O'Brien Law, Cedar Rapids, IA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Steven Eugene Ort , Bell & Ort, New London, IA, for Defendant-Appellant Steve Sproul.

Samuel David Kinder Weiss , Washington, DC, for Amici on Behalf of Appellees.

Before COLLOTON, WOLLMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


Lee County, Iowa, Deputy Sheriff Steve Sproul appeals from the district court's denial of his qualified immunity-based motion for summary judgment. We reverse and remand.

Sproul transported Jaymes Stark from a medical appointment to the Lee County Correctional Center on June 29, 2016.1

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