LEFTWICH TRUSTEE OF LEFTWICH v. COUNTY OF DAKOTA

No. 20-1821.

9 F.4th 966 (2021)

Leroy LEFTWICH, TRUSTEE OF the STATUTORY CLASS OF NEXT OF KIN TO Cameron LEFTWICH, decedent, Plaintiff-Appellant v. COUNTY OF DAKOTA, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 19, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant and appeared on the brief was John H. Ray, III , of Chicago, IL. The following attorney(s) also appeared on the appellant's brief; Aaron M. Simon , of Minneapolis, MN.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellees County of Dakota, Caleb Kocher , Kent Themmes & Cody Swanson, and appeared on the brief was William Michael Topka , of Hastings, MN.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellees City of Eagan, Jennifer Wegner , Brian Rundquist & Brian Rezny, and appeared on the brief was Mark Phillip Hodkinson , of Minneapolis, MN. The following attorney(s) also appeared on the appellees' brief; Brian William Varland , of Minneapolis, MN.

Before LOKEN, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


After Cameron Leftwich committed suicide in the Dakota County, Minnesota jail in October 2016, his father, Leroy Leftwich, as trustee for Cameron's next of kin, filed this action against Dakota County, county deputies Caleb Kocher and Kent Themmes, county social worker Cody Swanson, the City of Eagan, and Eagan police officers...

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