WHITWORTH v. KLING

No. 22-3051.

90 F.4th 1215 (2024)

Katie WHITWORTH, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Mark KLING, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Police Officer for the City of Bryant, AR; City of Bryant, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 17, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant and appeared on the brief was Lucien R. Gillham , of Little Rock, AR. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellant brief; Luther Oneal Sutter , of Little Rock, AR.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellees and appeared on the brief was Gabrielle Denise Gibson , of North Little Rock, AR.

Before COLLOTON, GRASZ, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.


After an off-duty police K9 bit Katie Whitworth, she sued Corporal Mark Kling for negligence and for violating her constitutional rights. She also sued the City of Bryant, Arkansas, under Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978). The ...

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