Steven Blakeney v. City of Pine Lawn, Missouri

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 22-1022
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Steven Blakeney
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant
v.
City of Pine Lawn, Missouri; Sylvester Caldwell; Brian Krueger; Donnell Smith;
Willie Epps; Clarence Harmon; LaShawn Colquitt; Anthony Gray; Paul Rinck;
John Struckhoff; Missouri Public Entity Risk Management Fund; Donnell Smith
and Associates, LLC, doing business as Smith & Associates, LLC
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
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Submitted: November 7, 2022
Filed: November 10, 2022
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, MELLOY, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

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Steven Blakeney sued the City of Pine Lawn, several city officials, and the
city’s insurance carrier. He appeals the district court’s1 judgment against him.
Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we
affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B; see also Liteky v. United States, 510 U.S. 540, 555
(1994) (explaining that adverse rulings do not mandate recusal unless the judge
demonstrates “such a high degree of . . . antagonism as to make fair judgment
impossible”); In re Pre-Filled Propane Tank Antitrust Litig., 860 F.3d 1059, 1063
(8th Cir. 2017) (en banc) (reviewing a dismissal for failure to state a claim de novo).
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1 The Honorable Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., United States District Judge for
the Eastern District of Missouri.

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