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HILL v. NICODEMUS

No. 91-1634.

979 F.2d 987 (1992)

Willie C. HILL, on behalf of himself individually and on behalf of the Estate of Tanya G. Hill and Tanya G. Hill's next of kin, her minor children, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Albert M. NICODEMUS; Barbara Herron, Defendants-Appellees, and Clarke, Frederick, Winchester Regional Jail Board; County of Clarke; Dale A. Gardner; C. Ratcliff; John Doe, I, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 16, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nina Jean Ginsberg, Dimuro, Ginsberg & Lieberman, P.C., Alexandria, Va. (argued), for plaintiff-appellant.

Colin J. Steuart Thomas, III, J. Ross Newell, III, Timberlake, Smith, Thomas & Moses, P.C., Staunton, Va. (argued), for defendants-appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge, SPROUSE, Senior Circuit Judge, and KAUFMAN, Senior District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.

OPINION

FRANK A. KAUFMAN, Senior District Judge:

On November 6, 1987, Tanya Hill was arrested and placed in pretrial detention in the Clarke County, Virginia jail. On that same day, at approximately 4:00 p.m., she committed suicide. Subsequently, Willie Hill, as administrator of Tanya Hill's estate, instituted this case against Sheriff Albert Nicodemus and Matron Barbara Herron and others, alleging violations of the Federal Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. &...

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