A unanimous federal appeals court has dealt another major legal blow to efforts targeting Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan, affirming the dismissal of a civil lawsuit brought by the estate of Ricky Cobb II and reinforcing previous findings that the trooper’s actions did not violate clearly established constitutional rights.

The appeals court agreed with U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel’s October 2024 ruling that Londregan is entitled to qualified immunity.

The judges found that neither the seizure nor the use of force violated Cobb’s constitutional rights. The court specifically noted that the video evidence “blatantly contradicts” the narrative pushed by Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and the plaintiffs, Alpha News reported.

This case is over. Trooper Londregan acted to protect a fellow officer whose life was in immediate danger.

On July 31, 2023, Trooper Brett Seide pulled over Ricky Cobb II on I-94 for a traffic violation. Dispatch immediately alerted Seide that Cobb had an active felony warrant for violating a protective order. Cobb was described as “a little sketchy” and “amped.”

When Seide and arriving Trooper Ryan Londregan attempted to lawfully arrest him, Cobb refused to exit the vehicle. As Seide reached inside, Cobb shifted the car into drive and began moving forward, with Seide’s upper body still inside the vehicle.

In that split-second, Londregan fired to save his fellow trooper’s life. The car accelerated, knocking both officers to the ground. Cobb was later pronounced dead at the scene.

Bodycam and dashcam video told the truth from day one. Multiple Minnesota State Patrol trainers swore under oath that Londregan’s actions were consistent with his training.

Radical Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, the same far-left prosecutor who has repeatedly put criminals ahead of cops and victims, charged Londregan with second-degree unintentional murder and other felonies in January 2024.

She hired a team of expensive Washington, D.C. lawyers (costing taxpayers over $500,000), saw her original use-of-force expert bail, watched her lead prosecutor quit, and still couldn’t make the case.

In June 2024, Moriarty was forced to dismiss all criminal charges after the evidence made it impossible to proceed.

Now the civil case has been unanimously thrown out by the Eighth Circuit.

Alpha News reported:

“Judge Brasel threw the case out, and now a unanimous Eighth Circuit panel just agreed that the video doesn’t match Mary Moriarty’s ridiculous story — the Court said it ‘blatantly contradicts’ it. Zero dissents. That’s a case built on nothing — filed just because someone hates cops,” said a Tuesday statement from attorney Chris Madel, who represented Londregan in both his criminal and civil cases.

Madel plans to seek legal fees from Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office, saying Ellison ignored the statute that requires his office to represent Londregan without conditions.

“Keith Ellison told us in writing that his Office would only represent Trooper Londregan if Trooper Londregan agreed to relinquish his right to settle the case to Ellison. Ellison also said he had to waive conflicts and to permit Ellison to share any confidential information he chose to whomever he decided. No way were we going to let that happen,” Madel added.

“Ellison is going to have to answer for this anti-cop bullshit. We’re not done.”

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