Violet Goodwin v. Vander, No. 24-1602 (8th Cir. 2024)
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 24-1602 ___________________________ Violet L. Goodwin lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant v. Vander, in their individual capacity; Swaag, in their individual capacity; Jordan, in their individual capacity lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees Omaha Police Department lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant City of Omaha lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha ____________ Submitted: October 16, 2024 Filed: October 21, 2024 [Unpublished] ____________ Before SHEPHERD, KELLY, and STRAS, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Violet Goodwin appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment in her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. After careful review, we conclude that the district court did not err in granting judgment for the defendants, res judicata does not apply, and the court did not abuse its discretion in denying Goodwin’s recusal motion. See Jessie v. Potter, 516 F.3d 709, 712 (8th Cir. 2008) (de novo review of summary judgment); Fetherkile v. Fetherkile, 907 N.W.2d 275, 286 (Neb. 2018) (res judicata requires involvement of same parties in both actions); Akins v. Knight, 863 F.3d 1084, 1086 (8th Cir. 2017) (per curiam) (abuse of discretion review of recusal decisions). Accordingly, we deny Goodwin’s pending motions and affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable John M. Gerrard, United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska. -2-
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