UNITED STATES v. THAO

No. 22-2701.

76 F.4th 773 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Tou THAO, Defendant-Appellant. Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Educational Foundation, Amicus on Behalf of Appellant(s).

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 4, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant and appeared on the brief was Robert M. Paule , of Minneapolis, MN. The following attorney also appeared on the appellant brief; Natalie Paule , of Saint Paul, MN.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee and appeared on the brief was Elizabeth Hecker , of Washington, DC. The following attorneys also appeared on the appellee brief; Tovah Calderon , of Washington, DC., Lisa D. Kirkpatrick , AUSA, of Minneapolis, MN.

The following attorney appeared on the amicus brief of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Educational Foundation; Andrew Layton Schlafly , of Far Hills, NJ.

Before LOKEN, ERICKSON, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.


Tou Thao is one of four former Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) officers involved in the death of George Floyd. Thao was convicted of two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law resulting in bodily injury and death, 18 U.S.C. § 242. He appeals the district court's1 denial of his...

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