McMAHON v. BEARD

No. 78-1749. Summary Calendar.

583 F.2d 172 (1978)

Raymond Alwyn McMAHON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Malcolm BEARD, Sheriff of Hillsborough County, Florida, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Alwyn McMahon, pro se.

Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, James E. Thompson, Chris W. Altenbernd, Tampa, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before RONEY, GEE and FAY, Circuit Judges.


RONEY, Circuit Judge:

In this case we affirm the district court's summary judgment against a pretrial detainee's claim that his solitary confinement, after attempted suicide, in a "strip cell," and the lack of optimum medical care given him, violated his constitutional rights.

Plaintiff McMahon, arrested for the first degree murder of two young girls, was confined in the Hillsborough County Jail. A year and a half later, after he pled guilty and had been removed...

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