Kalyn Aga v. Meade County

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 22-3046
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Kalyn Aga; Randy Aga; Courtney Ahrendt; Ezra Ahrendt; Janet Backes; Lauren
Bader; Zachary Bader; Amy Barber; Kathy Baumberger; Amber Berry; William
Berry, III; Jennifer Biggers; John Biggers; Chad Blodgett; Pamela Blodgett;
Dominic Bradford; Katelyn Bradford; Diana Bromwich; Justin Bromwich;
Christopher Burns; Katherine Burns; Billy Burton; Christine Burton; William
Chapman, Jr.; Melinda Cherry; Nathan Cherry; Johnathan Cina; Kristin Cina;
Chris Conners; Deidra Conners; Melissa Crouch; Daniel Crouse; Joseph Davis;
Beau Deines; Jeffrey Digerness; Kathryn Digerness; Daniel Drown; Sheila Drown;
Michael Esposto; Andrea Fischer; Stephany Fishcher; Ashley Fox; Adam Gerdes;
Terry Gilbertson; Jeremy Gouldin; Sarah Gouldin; Blake Hallert; Jason Hanson;
Jerome Hardy; Inez Harrington; Heather Heinert; Danielle High Bear; Eric High
Bear; Randall Janssen; Brandon Jensen; Nicole Jensen; Darrin Johnson; Theresa
Johnson; Cory Kaliszewski; Marie Keller; Sue Kelly; Tom Kelly; Lori Kiehn;
Hanna Kraft; Amanda Little; James Little; Misty Little; Jeff Livengood; Michelle
Livengood; Carlos Llorens; Jenni Llorens; Carolyn Lorge; Michael Lorge; David
Lowe; Thomas Machette; Theresa Maxon; David McKelvey; Shilou McKelvey;
Alexandria Mefford; Timothy Mefford; Travis Miller; Constance Ming; Geneva
Minick; Robert Minick; Michael Moore; Nicole Moore; Vallene Morris; Sarah
Nava; Chris Nelson; Jamie Nelson; Randy Nelson; Sandy Nelson; Amanda Oliver;
Nathan Oliver; Carolina Osburn; John Osburn; Brenda Oxner; Richard Oxner;
Scott Perry; Kyle Pfeifle; Crystal Powell; Jocelyn Powell; Tori Purcell; Deborah
Radenic; James Radenic; Sandra Rave; Albert Reitz; Sage Robinson; Jared
Rundell; Sara Rundell; Bryce Salisbury; Megan Salisbury; Glenda Schamber;
William Schamber; Lonald Schnittgrund; Kelly Schultz; Korey Schultz; Justin
Schummer; Jason Schultz; Kendra Scott; Matthew Scott; Carina Sheperd; Jack
Sheperd; Cole Smith; Samantha Smith; Scott Smith; Valerie Gerdes; Michael
Souza; Bruce Stacy; Sheri Stacy; Lesa Sumners; Jeremiah Sutton; Christopher
Taylor; Kara Taylor; Wendi Taylor; Barry Thompson; Clyde Thompson; Janet
Thompson; Erika Trudo; John Trudo, Jr.; Cheyenne Tucker; Tyler Tucker; Ashley
Wagner; Matthew Wagner; Trever Wagner; Wendy Wagner; Angela Wermers;

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Loren Wermers; Joseph West; Julie West; Ann Wiley; Paula Wimp; William
Wimp; Catherine Wirkus; Mark Wirkus; Bradley Wojahn; Rebekah Wojahn;
Stephen Wright
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiffs – Appellants
v.
Meade County
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the District of South Dakota - Western
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Submitted: May 3, 2023
Filed: May 8, 2023
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, BENTON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
A group of homeowners appeal the dismissal of their due-process claim
against Meade County for letting their neighborhood be built over a mine. See 42
U.S.C. § 1983. Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments on
appeal, we conclude that the complaint failed to state a claim. See Kruger v.
Nebraska, 820 F.3d 295, 301–03 (8th Cir. 2016) (reviewing the failure to state a
claim de novo and explaining that the state-created-danger doctrine only applies to
“immediate[] and proximate harm” (quotation marks omitted)); Dorothy J. v. Little
Rock Sch. Dist., 7 F.3d 729, 733 (8th Cir. 1993) (discussing when a harm is “too

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remote” in time). We accordingly affirm for the reasons given by the district court.1
See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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1 The Honorable Jeffrey L. Viken, United States District Judge for the District
of South Dakota.

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