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NAVARRO v. CHIEF OF POLICE, DES MOINES, IOWA

No. 75-1233.

523 F.2d 214 (1975)

Richard LeJose NAVARRO, Appellant, v. CHIEF OF POLICE, DES MOINES, IOWA, and Sheriff of Polk County, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 4, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard LeJose Navarro, pro se.

David J. Welu, Asst. City Atty., Des Moines, Iowa, for appellees.

Before HEANEY, BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Richard LeJose Navarro seeks damages against the chief of police of Des Moines, Iowa (Wendell E. Nichols) and the sheriff of Polk County, Iowa (Sam Wise), for allegedly depriving him of his civil rights in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1970). Plaintiff claims he was assaulted by police officers after his arrest on May 22, 1973, in Des Moines, and subsequently was denied adequate medical treatment while incarcerated in the Polk County Jail. The district...

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