MORGAN-TYRA v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS

No. 22-3193.

89 F.4th 1082 (2024)

Jennifer MORGAN-TYRA, Plaintiff-Appellant, Michael Morgan, Plaintiff v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS, Defendant Andrei Nikolov, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 8, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant and appeared on the brief was Alexander R. Lumaghi , of Saint Louis, MO. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellant brief; Richard K. Dowd , of Saint Louis, MO., Rachel Dowd , of Saint Louis, MO.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee and appeared on the brief was Andrew D. Wheaton , of Saint Louis, MO. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief; Rebecca Sandberg-Vossmeyer , of Saint Louis, MO.

Before SHEPHERD, KELLY, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.


While responding to a domestic-disturbance call, Officer Andrei Nikolov shot a woman who was holding a gun and shouting expletives at someone concealed from his view. The woman brought an excessive-force claim, but the district court1 dismissed it at summary judgment. In the absence of a clear legal...

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