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Christopher Bruce v. Polk County Attorney's Office, 18-3038 (2019)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Number: 18-3038 Visitors: 9
Filed: Jul. 05, 2019
Latest Update: Mar. 03, 2020
Summary: United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit _ No. 18-3038 _ Christopher Bruce; Elizabeth Bruce lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiffs - Appellants v. Polk County Attorney’s Office; John P. Sarcone, Polk County Attorney; Jesse Ramirez, Polk County Attorney; Stephanie Brown, Polk County Attorney; Kevin J. Brownell, Polk County Attorney; Kevin Bell, Asst Polk County Attorney; Iowa Department of Human Services; Katie Gosch, Case Worker; Stephanie Rhinehart, Supervisor; Emily Nieman, SW4; Des Moin
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                United States Court of Appeals
                           For the Eighth Circuit
                       ___________________________

                               No. 18-3038
                       ___________________________

                      Christopher Bruce; Elizabeth Bruce

                     lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiffs - Appellants

                                         v.

  Polk County Attorney’s Office; John P. Sarcone, Polk County Attorney; Jesse
Ramirez, Polk County Attorney; Stephanie Brown, Polk County Attorney; Kevin
J. Brownell, Polk County Attorney; Kevin Bell, Asst Polk County Attorney; Iowa
Department of Human Services; Katie Gosch, Case Worker; Stephanie Rhinehart,
Supervisor; Emily Nieman, SW4; Des Moines Police Department; Jake Lancaster,
Detective; Altoona Police Dept; Carroll Police Department; Greg Bellinghausen,
 Officer Carroll PD; Iowa State Attorney General's Office; Grant Keith Dugdale,
    Asst Attorney General; Kathrine Sue Miller-Todd, Asst Attorney General;
  Children & Families of Iowa, Inc.; Ashley Andrews, Visit Supervisor; William
   Price, Judge; William Kelly, Judge; Robert Blink, Judge; Carol Egly, Judge;
   Jeanie Kunkle Vaudt, Judge; Anastasia Hurn, Magistrate Judge; Linda Lane,
   Former Asst Polk County Attorney; Dale Mays, Attorney; Paul White, GAL
 Attorney; Beth Walker, Attorney; Anthony Reed, Manager, Central Iowa Family
               Services; Lucas Taylor, Mark R. Hinshaw Law Firm

                     lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
                        ___________________________

                               No. 18-3039
                       ___________________________

    Christopher Bruce, The Living Man; Elizabeth Bruce, The Living Woman

                     lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiffs - Appellants

                                         v.
  William Price; William P. Kelly; Carol Egly; Jeanie Kunkle Vaudt; Robert J.
 Blink; Anastasia Hurn; Emily Nieman; Stephanie Rhinehart; Katie Gosch; Linda
  Lane; John P. Sarcone; Jesse Ramirez; Kevin Bell; Stephanie Brown; Kevin J.
   Brownell; Grant Keith Dugdale; Kathrine Sue Miller-Todd; Jake Lancaster;
   Alyssa Wilson; Gary Bellinghausen; Jeanne Munson; Kyle Theis; Newbury
    Living; Nancy Elscott; The Des Moines Register, (U.S.A. Today); Darren
      Tromblay; Jeffrey Pitts; Dale Mays; Paul White; Lucas Taylor; Ashley
                            Cronbaugh; Anthony Reed

                      lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
                                       ____________

                    Appeals from United States District Court
                  for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines
                                  ____________

                              Submitted: July 1, 2019
                                Filed: July 5, 2019
                                  [Unpublished]
                                 ____________

Before LOKEN, GRUENDER, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.
                          ____________

PER CURIAM.

       In these consolidated appeals, Christopher and Elizabeth Bruce appeal the
district court’s1 adverse judgments in their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions. After careful
de novo review, we find no error in the district court’s well-reasoned decisions.
See Montin v. Moore, 
846 F.3d 289
, 292 (8th Cir. 2017) (de novo review of Fed. R.
Civ. P. 12(b)(6) dismissal); Johnson v. Blaukat, 
453 F.3d 1108
, 1112 (8th Cir. 2006)


      1
       The Honorable Rebecca Ebinger, United States District Judge for the Southern
District of Iowa.

                                         -2-
(de novo review of grant of summary judgment); Moore v. Sims, 
200 F.3d 1170
, 1171
(8th Cir. 2000) (per curiam) (de novo review of dismissal under 28 U.S.C.
§ 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii)). We also find no judicial bias or denial of due process in the
district court’s decisions. See United States v. Oaks, 
606 F.3d 530
, 537 (8th Cir.
2010) (adverse rulings do not establish bias); Christiansen v. Clarke, 
147 F.3d 655
,
657-58 (8th Cir. 1998) (dismissal under § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) does not violate litigant’s
due process rights).

     Accordingly, we affirm the judgment. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. We also deny the
Bruces’ motion to supplement the record.
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