DISCLAIMER:  The following unofficial case summaries are prepared by the clerk's office
                        as a courtesy to the reader. They are not part of the opinion of the court.
151872U.pdf   06/16/2017  Derrick Howard  v.  Fidelity National Title Ins.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-1872
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
[UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Wollman, Arnold and Kelly, Circuit Judges] Civil case. Defendant's summary judgment affirmed without comment. 161412P.pdf 06/16/2017 Rodney Brossart v. Kelly Janke U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 16-1412 U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota - Fargo
[PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Colloton and Kelly, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Civil rights. The record supported the district court's conclusion that Rodney Brossart made threats of violence against law enforcement officers, repeatedly refused to comply with officers' orders to cooperate in a potentially criminal investigation and then resisted handcuffing when he was told he was under arrest; under these circumstances, defendant Braathen's use of a taser to subdue Rodney was a reasonable use of significant non-lethal force; even if repeated use of the taser when Rodney failed to comply was unreasonable, repeated use of the taser did not violate clearly established law, and defendant Braathen was entitled to qualified immunity on Rodney's excessive force claim; with respect to Thomas Broassart's claim that Braathen's use of a taser when Brosart failed to obey an order to move over once he was arrested and detained in a squad car was excessive force, the district court did not err in finding the use of the taser was not excessive force under all of the circumstances; claim for supervisory liability against defendant Sheriff Janke rejected as his deputy did not use excessive force; County's taser plan was facially constitutional; plaintiffs' failure to train claim against the County is foreclosed by the the court's conclusion that Braathen's tasing of the Brosarts did not constitute excessive force; the district court did not err in finding plaintiffs' state law claims were time-barred. Judge Kelly, concurring part and dissenting in part. 162599P.pdf 06/16/2017 David White v. CitiMortgage, Inc. U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 16-2599 U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
[PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Loken and Benton, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Civil procedure. Under Missouri law, the statute of limitations on plaintiff's contract claims only started running when a reasonable person would have been put on notice that an injury and substantial damages may have occurred and would have undertaken steps to ascertain the extent of the damages; here, plaintiff did not become aware of the problems with the title underlying his mortgage until he tried to sell the property; the suit was timely and the district court erred in dismissing it as barred by the applicable five-year statute of limitations; reversed and remanded for consideration of the merits of plaintiff's claims. 163187U.pdf 06/16/2017 Deandrea Gray v. United States U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 16-3187 U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
[UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Loken, Arnold and Riley, Circuit Judges] Prisoner case - Habeas. The clerk is directed to transmit Gray's application to file a successive habeas to the district court where his first section 2255 motion is pending; this application to file a successive habeas should be filed as a motion to amend the first section 2255 motion.