United States Eighth Circuit

Court's mere acquisition of jurisdiction over a person in a civil case by service of process is not a seizure under the Fourth Amendment, thus dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/14/2003
• Published 07/14/2003

Judges

• MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge., Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, BEAM, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Larry Delano Coleman, Rayton, MO, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Cassandra E. Johnson, Clayton, MO, for appellee Rico Ayuso., Peter J. Dunne of St. Louis, Missouri, for appellees Burks and Poteet., Theodore J. MacDonald, Edwardsville, IL (Bharat Varadachari, on the brief), for remaining appellees.