BLOODWORTH v. KANSAS CITY BD. OF POLICE COMM'RS

No. 22-3540.

89 F.4th 614 (2023)

Allen T. BLOODWORTH, II, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KANSAS CITY BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS, through its members, doing business as Kansas City Police Department; Mayor Quinton Donald Lucas; Don Wagner; Mark Tolbert; Cathy Dean; Dawn Cramer Scott Caron; Jeffrey O'Rear; Christopher Millsap; Lisa Allender; Brad Lemon; Toby Sicks; Carter Truax; Jonathan Munyan; Nathaniel Hurley; Chad Rives, Defendants-Appellees, Police Chief Richard Smith; James Trout; Michael Hicks; Darrin Wilson, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 22, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant and appeared on the brief was Edward Andrew Stump , of Kansas City, MO. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellant brief; Mark Eldon Meyer , of Lee's Summit, MO.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of appellee Brad Lemon and appeared on the brief was Morgan Lehi Roach , of Kansas City, MO. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief; Sean P. McCauley , of Overland Park, KS., Jeffrey S. Kratofil , of Kansas City, MO.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of appellees Lisa Allender, Scott Caron, Dawn Cramer, Cathy Dean, Nathaniel Hurley, Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners, Quinton Donald Lucas, Christopher Millsap, Mr. Jonathan Munyan, Jeffrey O'Rear, Chad Rives, Toby Sicks, Mr. Mark Tolbert, Carter Truax and Don Wagner, and appeared on the brief was Nicolas Taulbee , AAG, of Kansas City, MO.

Before LOKEN, WOLLMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


Allen Thomas Bloodworth, II operates two towing businesses in Kansas City. One tows vehicles from privately owned properties, the other does commercial repossessions. In this action, commenced in May 2021 in Missouri state court, Bloodworth alleges that the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners, acting through its five...

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