WHEELER v. CITY OF SEARCY, ARKANSAS

No. 20-3292.

14 F.4th 843 (2021)

Brandon Lee WHEELER, Plaintiff-Appellee v. CITY OF SEARCY, ARKANSAS; Eric Webb, Defendants. Mark Kidder, Individually; Adam Sexton, Individually; Nick Darnell, Individually, Defendants-Appellants. Charley Perry; John Does, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denny Paul Petty , James Michael Petty , Paul Petty Law Firm, Searcy, AR, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Colin C. Heaton , Heaton & Harris, Clyde Burt Newell , Law Offices of C. Burt Newell, Hot Springs, AR, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, COLLOTON and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.


Brandon Lee Wheeler brought an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that his constitutional and state-law rights were violated when he was arrested for committing capital murder and abuse of a corpse. Relevant to the present appeal, Wheeler asserted individual-capacity claims against Searcy Police Department

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