RIIS v. SHAVER

No. 20-2752.

4 F.4th 701 (2021)

Jason RIIS; Cody Holcombe; Aaron Henning; Gena Alvarez, Plaintiffs. Dirk Sparks, Plaintiff-Appellant. Aaron Peters, Plaintiff v. Matthew SHAVER, in his personal capacity; The City of Pierre, Defendants-Appellees. The City of Sisseton; Adam Woxland, former South Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper, in his official and individual capacities; Corporal Korey Ware, with the Sisseton Police Department, in his official and individual capacities; Mark Weibrecht, former South Dakota Highway Patrolman, in his official and individual capacities; The City of Wagner; The City of Wagner Police Department; Officer Desarae Gravatt, City of Wagner Police Officer; Officer Brian McQuire, City of Wagner Police Officer; Law Enforcement Officers James Does, One through Six, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 23, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant and appeared on the brief was James D. Leach , of Rapid City, SD.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellees and appeared on the brief was James Ellis Moore , of Sioux Falls, SD.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, SHEPHERD and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.


During criminal proceedings in a South Dakota trial court, Dirk Sparks moved to suppress certain evidence as being obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The trial court denied Sparks's motion. Sparks then pleaded nolo contendere and did not appeal the suppression ruling. Later, Sparks sued the City of Pierre, South Dakota...

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