PEEBLES v. BISHOP

No. 77-1282.

572 F.2d 649 (1978)

Walter C. PEEBLES, Appellant, v. Paul BISHOP and Juris Stals, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Martin Hadican, St. Louis, Mo., on brief, for appellant.

Thomas W. Wehrle, St. Louis County Counselor and Andrew J. Minardi, Associate County Counselor, Clayton, Mo., on brief, for appellees.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, VOGEL, Senior Circuit Judge, and BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Walter C. Peebles, brought an action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1343 (1970) in conjunction with 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1970), alleging that appellees Paul Bishop and Juris Stals violated appellant's Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment. Appellant claimed that appellees, who were correctional officers employed by the St. Louis County Jail, deliberately failed to remove appellant...

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