AHRENS v. THOMAS

No. 74 CV 34-SJ.

434 F.Supp. 873 (1977)

Fred AHRENS et al., Plaintiffs, v. Sheriff Thomas J. THOMAS et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Missouri, W. D.

Order Staying Execution of Judgment June 8, 1977.

Extension of Stay June 16, 1977.

On Motion for Stay Pending Appeal June 24, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hortense Kleitman Snower, Kansas City, Mo., Thomas P. O'Donnell, Larrimer & O'Donnell, Columbia, Mo., Harry F. Swanger, National Juvenile Law Center, St. Louis, Mo., amicus curiae.

Owens Lee Hull, Jr., Pros. Atty., Donald R. Tharp, Asst. Pros. Atty., Platte City, Mo., for defendants.

Ronald L. Roseman, Andrew J. Steinberg, William J. Dittmeier, The Legal Aid and Defenders Society of Greater Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiffs.


MEMORANDUM OPINION, FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND ORDERS GRANTING PLAINTIFFS RELIEF

JOHN W. OLIVER, Chief Judge.

I.

Final determination of this § 1983 case involving the Platte County Jail was postponed on two separate occasions for different but related reasons. As we shall later state in some detail, circumstances beyond the control of the parties and this Court relating to the complications which have apparently developed...

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