SARTIN v. COMMISSIONER OF PUB. SAF. OF ST. OF MINN.

No. 75-1482.

535 F.2d 430 (1976)

Simpson SARTIN, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF the STATE OF MINNESOTA et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. B. Wolfson, Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiff-appellant; Lawton, Joyner & Schivone, Osseo, Minn., on brief.

Frederick S. Suhler, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Minn., and Thomas B. Humphrey, Jr., Asst. Anoka County Atty., Anoka, Minn., for defendants-appellees; Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Peter W. Sipkins, Sol. Gen., and Frederick S. Suhler, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Minn., on brief.

Before HEANEY, ROSS and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Simpson Sartin, Jr., appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota dismissing his complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b). The appellant's complaint alleged multiple deprivations of his civil rights. We reverse the order of the District Court in part and remand the cause for further proceedings.

The appellant is...

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