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Christopher Bruce v. Polk County Attorney's Office ( 2019 )


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  •                 United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 18-3038
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Christopher Bruce; Elizabeth Bruce
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiffs - Appellants
v.
Polk County Attorney’s Office; John P. Sarcone, Polk County Attorney; Jesse
Ramirez, Polk County Attorney; Stephanie Brown, Polk County Attorney; Kevin
J. Brownell, Polk County Attorney; Kevin Bell, Asst Polk County Attorney; Iowa
Department of Human Services; Katie Gosch, Case Worker; Stephanie Rhinehart,
Supervisor; Emily Nieman, SW4; Des Moines Police Department; Jake Lancaster,
Detective; Altoona Police Dept; Carroll Police Department; Greg Bellinghausen,
Officer Carroll PD; Iowa State Attorney General's Office; Grant Keith Dugdale,
Asst Attorney General; Kathrine Sue Miller-Todd, Asst Attorney General;
Children & Families of Iowa, Inc.; Ashley Andrews, Visit Supervisor; William
Price, Judge; William Kelly, Judge; Robert Blink, Judge; Carol Egly, Judge;
Jeanie Kunkle Vaudt, Judge; Anastasia Hurn, Magistrate Judge; Linda Lane,
Former Asst Polk County Attorney; Dale Mays, Attorney; Paul White, GAL
Attorney; Beth Walker, Attorney; Anthony Reed, Manager, Central Iowa Family
Services; Lucas Taylor, Mark R. Hinshaw Law Firm
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
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No. 18-3039
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Christopher Bruce, The Living Man; Elizabeth Bruce, The Living Woman
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiffs - Appellants
v.
William Price; William P. Kelly; Carol Egly; Jeanie Kunkle Vaudt; Robert J.
Blink; Anastasia Hurn; Emily Nieman; Stephanie Rhinehart; Katie Gosch; Linda
Lane; John P. Sarcone; Jesse Ramirez; Kevin Bell; Stephanie Brown; Kevin J.
Brownell; Grant Keith Dugdale; Kathrine Sue Miller-Todd; Jake Lancaster;
Alyssa Wilson; Gary Bellinghausen; Jeanne Munson; Kyle Theis; Newbury
Living; Nancy Elscott; The Des Moines Register, (U.S.A. Today); Darren
Tromblay; Jeffrey Pitts; Dale Mays; Paul White; Lucas Taylor; Ashley
Cronbaugh; Anthony Reed
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
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Appeals from United States District Court
for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines
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Submitted: July 1, 2019
Filed: July 5, 2019
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, GRUENDER, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
In these consolidated appeals, Christopher and Elizabeth Bruce appeal the
district court’s1 adverse judgments in their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions. After careful
de novo review, we find no error in the district court’s well-reasoned decisions.
See Montin v. Moore,
    846 F.3d 289
    , 292 (8th Cir. 2017) (de novo review of Fed. R.
Civ. P. 12(b)(6) dismissal); Johnson v. Blaukat,
    453 F.3d 1108
    , 1112 (8th Cir. 2006)
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The Honorable Rebecca Ebinger, United States District Judge for the Southern
District of Iowa.
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(de novo review of grant of summary judgment); Moore v. Sims,
    200 F.3d 1170
    , 1171
(8th Cir. 2000) (per curiam) (de novo review of dismissal under 28 U.S.C.
§ 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii)). We also find no judicial bias or denial of due process in the
district court’s decisions. See United States v. Oaks,
    606 F.3d 530
    , 537 (8th Cir.
2010) (adverse rulings do not establish bias); Christiansen v. Clarke,
    147 F.3d 655
    ,
657-58 (8th Cir. 1998) (dismissal under § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) does not violate litigant’s
due process rights).
Accordingly, we affirm the judgment. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. We also deny the
Bruces’ motion to supplement the record.
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