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FERGUSON v. SHORT

No. 15-2857.

840 F.3d 508 (2016)

Ryan FERGUSON, Plaintiff-Appellee v. John SHORT, Detective; Jeff Nichols, Detective; Jeff Westbrook, Detective; Bryan Liebhart, Detective; Latisha Stroer, Detective; Lloyd Simons, Detective, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 19, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley C. Letterman, Schreimann, Rackers, Francka & Blunt, L.L.C., Jefferson City, MO, argued (Christopher P. Rackers, on the brief), for appellants.

Kathleen T. Zellner, Kathleen T. Zellner & Associates, P.C., Downers Grove, IL, argued (Samuel Henderson, St. Louis, MO, on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, ARNOLD, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.

This case is about an allegedly improper investigation into the murder of Kent Heitholt. The murder went unsolved for two years until Charles Erickson caught the attention of the detectives working the case. After implicating himself and Ryan Ferguson in the killing, Erickson pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first...

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