WATSON v. BOYD

No. 20-1743.

2 F.4th 1106 (2021)

Fred WATSON, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Eddie BOYD, III; City of Ferguson, Missouri, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Henderson , Henderson Law Firm, Saint Louis, MO 63110, Blake A. Strode , John McCann Waldron , Arch City Defenders, Saint Louis, MO 63102, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Geri Lynn W. Arrindell , Mickes & O'Toole, Saint Louis, MO 63131, John M. Reeves , Reeves Law LLC, Saint Louis, MO 63105, for Defendant-Appellant Eddie Boyd, III.

(Aarnarian) Apollo D. Carey , Jacqueline Katrina Graves , Ronald Alan Norwood , Lewis & Rice, Saint Louis, MO 63101, for Defendant-Appellant City of Ferguson, Missouri.

Before SHEPHERD, ERICKSON, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.


After he was cited at a Ferguson, Missouri park, Fred Watson brought claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Officer Eddie Boyd and the City of Ferguson (the City) for violations of Watson's First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The district court found that Officer Boyd was not entitled to qualified immunity...

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