Jeffrey Simmermaker v. Cedar County Sheriff's Dept. ( 2021 )

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 20-2817
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Jeffrey Ryan Simmermaker
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant
v.
Cedar County Sheriff’s Department; Tipton Police Department; Bradley Peck,
Officer, Tipton Police Department
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
Muscatine County Drug Task Force
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant
Matt Jackson; Mayor of Tipton; Lisa Kepford; Warren Wethington; John Does,
I-3; Cedar County Iowa; City of Tipton
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids
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Submitted: June 15, 2021
Filed: June 18, 2021
[Unpublished]
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Before BENTON, WOLLMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Jeffrey Simmermaker appeals following the district court’s1 adverse grant of
summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. After a careful review, we
conclude that the district court did not err in granting judgment for the defendants.
See Johnson v. Blaukat, 453 F.3d 1108, 1112 (8th Cir. 2006) (grant of summary
judgment is reviewed de novo); Moore v. Sims, 200 F.3d 1170, 1171 (8th Cir. 2000)
(per curiam) (preservice dismissal is reviewed de novo). Accordingly, we affirm, see
8th Cir. R. 47B, and we deny Simmermaker’s pending motion.
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The Honorable Leonard T. Strand, Chief Judge, United States District Court
for the Northern District of Iowa.
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