LOE v. ARMISTEAD

Nos. 77-2039, 77-2134 and 77-2135.

582 F.2d 1291 (1978)

Richard C. LOE, Appellant, v. Louis L. ARMISTEAD, Sheriff, City of Alexandria, Mr. Fox, Captain, Alexandria City Jail, Lt. Cherry, Alexandria City Jail, Mr. Isabelle, Officer, Alexandria City Jail, Mr. Hollow, Officer, Alexandria City Jail, Lt. Charity, Alexandria City Jail, Mr. Drew, former Officer of Alexandria City Jail, Unknown Nurses, Alexandria City Jail, Dr. Novak, Alexandria City Jail, Mr. Moffitt, U. S. Marshal, Mr. Morrow, Employee of Alexandria City Jail, William D. Fox, U. S. Marshal, Appellees. Richard C. LOE, Appellant, v. Mr. MOFFITT, United States Marshal, William D. Fox, United States Marshal, Unknown United States Marshals, Appellees. Richard C. LOE, Appellant, v. Sheriff ARMISTEAD, Sheriff of the City of Alexandria, Mr. Fox, Captain at the Alexandria City Jail, Miss or Mrs. Dodson, Nurse at the Alexandria City Jail, Unknown Nurse at the Alexandria City Jail, Mr. Cherry, Lieutenant at the Alexandria City Jail, Mr. Isabelle, Deputy at the Alexandria City Jail, Mr. Hollow, Deputy at the Alexandria City Jail, Mr. Charity, Lieutenant at the Alexandria City Jail, and Mr. Drew, Former Deputy at the Alexandria City Jail, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1978.

Rehearing Denied November 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Catz, Washington, D. C. (Carol Miller and Sandy Tichenor, The Urban Law Institute of the Antioch School of Law, Washington, D. C., on brief), court-appointed for appellant.

John E. Greenbacker, Jr., Asst. Commonwealth Atty., Lawrence W. Chamblee, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., Alexandria, Va. (William B. Cummings, U. S. Atty., Robert F. McDermott, Asst. U. S. Atty., William L. Cowhig, Commonwealth Atty., Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, BUTZNER and HALL, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

The district court, without requiring an answer, summarily dismissed Richard Loe's pro se suit against federal officers, state officers and state employees. The suit alleged that, while Loe was in pretrial custody, the defendants deliberately denied him adequate medical treatment for a broken arm and that, while transporting him to Springfield, Missouri, his medical needs arising from the broken arm were ignored by federal marshals. The...

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