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CUMMINGS v. ROBERTS

No. 79-2077.

628 F.2d 1065 (1980)

Bruce CUMMINGS, Appellant, v. Willis ROBERTS, Acting Warden and/or Superintendent for the St. Louis City Jail; Thomas Booker, Chief of Security for the St. Louis City Jail; and Donald Hill, Correctional Officer for the St. Louis City Jail, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Cummings, pro se.

Jack L. Koehr, City Counselor and Michael E. Hughes, Asst. City Counselor, St. Louis, Mo., for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and HEANEY and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Bruce Cummings, while a pretrial detainee at the St. Louis City Jail, filed a pro se complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging deprivations of his civil rights by the jail superintendent, Willis Roberts, the director of security, Thomas Booker, and a correctional officer, Donald Hill. The district court1 granted defendants' motion for summary judgment. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

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