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YASSIN v. WEYKER

No. 20-3299.

39 F.4th 1086 (2022)

Ifrah YASSIN, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Heather WEYKER, individually and in her official capacity as a St. Paul Police Officer, Defendant-Appellee The City of St. Paul; John Does 1-2, individually and in their official capacities as St. Paul Police Officers; John Does 3-4, individually and in their official capacities as supervisory members of the St. Paul Police Department, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 14, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Newville , Zane Umsted , Madia & Newville, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David G. Cutler , Glenn S. Greene , Paul C. Quast , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Constitutional & Specialized Tort Litigation, Washington, DC, Barbara L. Herwig , Edward Himmelfarb , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before LOKEN, SHEPHERD, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.

The question in this case is whether a St. Paul police officer acted under color of state law when she allegedly lied to protect a federal witness while serving on a federal task force. See 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court1 concluded that she did not, and we affirm.

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