REDMAN v. COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO

No. 87-6139.

942 F.2d 1435 (1991)

Clifton REDMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO; Capt. Richard Beall; Lt. Robert Witcraft; Sgt. Dan Canfield; Deputy Gene Turner, and Does I through XX, Inclusive, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Daley, Murphy & Daley, Chula Vista, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Nathan C. Northup, Deputy County Counsel, San Diego, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Betty Wheeler, American Civil Liberties Union, San Diego, Cal., for amicus.

Before BROWNING, GOODWIN, SCHROEDER, FLETCHER, ALARCON, REINHARDT, WIGGINS, KOZINSKI, THOMPSON, LEAVY and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.


Argued En Banc and Submitted October 11, 1990.

LEAVY, Circuit Judge:

Clifton Redman was raped while confined at the South Bay Detention Facility, a jail operated by the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. Redman brought an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the County and various jail officials and employees.

The district court granted a directed verdict in favor of the defendants. The court determined that Redman had failed to present evidence...

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