TYLER v. "RON" DEPUTY SHERIFF, ETC.

No. 77-1885.

574 F.2d 427 (1978)

Melvin Leroy TYLER, Appellant, v. "RON" DEPUTY SHERIFF OF JAILOR/CUSTODIAN OF PRISONERS, DIV. 15, ST. LOUIS COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, Individually and Collectively, Julian Cosentino, Assistant Circuit Attorney, St. Louis County Prosecuting Office, Clayton, Mo. and Judge Campbell, Circuit Court, St. Louis County, Clayton, Missouri, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Leroy Tyler, filed brief pro se.

Thomas W. Wehrle, St. Louis County Counselor, and Donald J. Weyerich, Asst. County Counselor, Clayton, Mo., filed brief for "Ron", Deputy Sheriff.

Noel L. Robyn, Asst. Pros. Atty., Clayton, Mo. filed brief for appellee, J. D. Cosentino.

Before HEANEY, STEPHENSON and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

On September 23, 1977, Melvin Leroy Tyler, who was in the custody of state law enforcement officers under the terms of a previously imposed sentence, was taken to the St. Louis County Courthouse for arraignment on other charges. While awaiting his arraignment, he was placed in a holdover cell. The jailor, one of the defendants in this suit, took from Tyler the legal papers Tyler was carrying. Later in the day, before he appeared for his arraignment, all...

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