Apolinar \Paul\ Benavides and Stella G. Benavides v. County of Wilson and Marvin H. Baumann, Sheriff, Individually and in His Official Capacity

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• requiring that assertions by an expert witness cannot be “uprooted in factual foundation or proven expertise”
• discussing Stokes--\The town's good faith hiring effort was adequately demonstrated by its review of the applicant's employment history and its review of those arrests that were brought to its attention.\
• excluding expert testimony because, inter alia, expert “never described the content of the standards to which he referred or explained how the deputies’ training failed to meet those standards”
• discussing Stokes — “The town’s good faith hiring effort was adequately demonstrated by its review of the applicant’s employment history and its review of those arrests that were brought to its attention.”
• affirming dismissal of wife’s loss of consortium claim where spouse’s § 1983 claims failed
• affirming district court’s exclusion of expert’s subjective opinions unmoored to applicable standards

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