PARTRIDGE v. CITY OF BENTON, ARKANSAS

No. 21-3001.

70 F.4th 489 (2023)

Piper PARTRIDGE, Individually as mother and next of kin to Keagan Schweikle and as Special Administratrix of the Estate of Keagan Schweikle; Dominic Schweikle, Individually as father and next of kin to Keagan Schweikle, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. CITY OF BENTON, ARKANSAS; Kyle Ellison, Individually and as Employee of City of Benton, Arkansas; Kirk Lane, Individually and as Employee of City of Benton, Arkansas; John Does, 1-20, Individually and as Employees of City of Benton, Arkansas, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 12, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant and appeared on the brief was Mark John Geragos , of Los Angeles, CA.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee and appeared on the brief was Jenna Allison Adams , of North Little Rock, AR. The following attorney also appeared on the appellee brief; Gabrielle Denise Gibson , of North Little Rock, AR.

Before GRUENDER, BENTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


Police officers shot and killed Keagan Schweikle. His parents, Piper Partridge and Dominic Schweikle, sued the officers and the City of Benton, Arkansas, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. After the district court dismissed the case on the pleadings, this court reversed and remanded in part. Partridge v. City...

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