Violet Goodwin v. Vander

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: October 21, 2024
• Docket: 24-1602
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 24-1602 ___________________________

Violet L. Goodwin

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

Vander, in their individual capacity; Swaag, in their individual capacity; Jordan, in their individual capacity

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees

Omaha Police Department

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant

City of Omaha

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha ____________

Submitted: October 16, 2024 Filed: October 21, 2024 [Unpublished] ____________

Before SHEPHERD, KELLY, and STRAS, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM.

Violet Goodwin appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment in her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. After careful review, we conclude that the district court did not err in granting judgment for the defendants, res judicata does not apply, and the court did not abuse its discretion in denying Goodwin’s recusal motion. See Jessie v. Potter, 516 F.3d 709, 712 (8th Cir. 2008) (de novo review of summary judgment); Fetherkile v. Fetherkile, 907 N.W.2d 275, 286 (Neb. 2018) (res judicata requires involvement of same parties in both actions); Akins v. Knight, 863 F.3d 1084, 1086 (8th Cir. 2017) (per curiam) (abuse of discretion review of recusal decisions). Accordingly, we deny Goodwin’s pending motions and affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

1 The Honorable John M. Gerrard, United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska.

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