U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2017

Lagares v. Koeppen

Lagares v. Koeppen
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Decided July 24, 2017 · Colloton, Gruender, Wollman
693 F. App'x 472

Counsel

Dennis Lagares, Jr., Pro Se, Sherry Lagares, Pro Se, Emily Ann Dodge, Attorney General’s Office, Jefferson City, MO, for Defendants-Appellees Aaron Koeppen, Kenneth M. Hayden, Steven B. Jackson, Jennifer Morgan, Sharron Mizer, Amy Rozell Kil-lion, Casey Cox, Brandi Roekley, Catherine Watson, Candice Shilvery, Tim Decker, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, State of Missouri of the State Courts Administrator, Greg Lin-hares, Gail Thompson, Jo McElwee, Deloris Lane, Jeremiah W. ‘Jay’ Nixon, Missouri Department of Social Services, Childrens Division, John and Jane Does, 1-20, Dana Perkins, Eric Landon Miller, Miller Law Office, Lebanon, MO, for Defendants-Appellees Amanda Rollins Colgan, Shawn P. Golgan, Jr., Jack Miller, Miller Law Office, Logan Barber, Susan Barber, John Richard Barber, James Christian Morrow, Morrow & Willnauer, Kansas City, MO, Thomas Earl Loraine, Loraine & Associates, Osage Beach, MO, for Defendants-Appellees Ruth 0. Schulte, Law Office of Ruth 0. Schulte, Steven Swen Meier, Nixa, MO, for Defendant-Appellee Cisar Law Firm, Barbara Vantine, Pro Se, Mary Adina Johnson, R. C. Wuestling, IV, Wuestling & James, Saint Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellees Mickes, Goldman and O’Toole, LLC, Thomas A, Mickes, Ernist Trakas, Valerie L. Dixon, Michael J. Patton, Jeffrey Dylan Upp, Turner & Reid, Springfield, MO, for Defendants-Appellees Phillips, McElyea, Carpenter & Welch, P.C., Charles E. McElyea, Daniel F. Church, Hillary Hyde, Morrow & Willnauer, Kansas City, MO, for Defendants-Appellees Deputy and Mizell, LLC, Daniel C. Mizell, Chris Rasmussen, Robert E. O’Neil, O’Neil & O’Neil, Lebanon, MO, for Defendant-Appellee O’Neil and O’Neil Law Firm, Kevin Dudley Case, Patrie Shane Linden, Michael Clarke Skidgel, Case & Linden, Kansas City, MO, for Defendants-Appellees Robert E. O’Neil, Lebanon R-III School District, Tammy Lupardus, Karen Dugger, Lynette Arnell, Rebecca Simpson, Shiela Moore, Debbera Burns, Tracy Klein, Denise D. McIntosh, Amanda Frazier, Kristine Wapelhorst, Duane Wid-halm, Shalyn Howe, Kyra Crabtree, Erica York, Donna Reeves, Krissy Jackson, Lebanon R-III School Board, Lebanon R-III Administration, Martha Elizabeth Ravenhill, John G. Schultz, Franke & Schultz, Kansas City, MO, for Defendants-Appellees Kids Harbor, Inc., Diana Sederwall, Jennifer R. Hargis, Evans & Dixon, Springfield, MO, for Defendants-Appellees Camdenton R-III School District, Timothy Hatfield, Chris McElyea, John R. Lightner, Jennifer A. Mueller, Baird & Lightner, Springfield, MO, for Defendants-Appellees Camden County Commission, Camden County Prosecutors Office, Camden County Sheriffs Office, Dwight Franklin, Katharine S. Bunn, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, for Defendant-Appel-lee University o'f Missouri Thompson Center, Ronald K. Medin, Central Trust Bank, Jefferson City, MO, for Defendants-Appel-lees Central Bank of Lake of the Ozarks, Central Bank Mortgage Jefferson City, Missouri, Andrew E. White, Pro Se, Scott Richardson Pool, Gibbs & Pool, Jefferson City, MO, for Defendants-Appel-lees Sandra Doren, Daylight Counseling, LLC, Doug Doren

Lagares v. Koeppen

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Dennis Lagares, Jr. and Sherry Lagares appeal from the district court’s1 order dis*475missing their complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction to the extent that the complaint sought to overturn a state court’s child custody adjudication and for the complaint’s failure to otherwise state a claim. Having considered the Lagares’s arguments for reversal, we find no error in the district court’s analysis and no abuse of discretion in its denial of the Lagareses’ request for further leave to amend.

The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

. The Honorable Beth Phillips, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.

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