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EMERSON v. NEHLS

No. 77-358.

94 Wis.2d 196 (1980)

287 N.W.2d 808

EMERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEHLS, Sheriff of Dodge County, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided February 7, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the brief of Raymond C. Emerson, pro se.

For the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Harry Sauthoff, Jr., and Wightman, Thurow & Sauthoff of Madison.

PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff, Raymond C. Emerson, was a prisoner in the Dodge county jail in the custody of Sheriff Edwin E. Nehls. Because Emerson was in the seventh day of a hunger strike, the sheriff became concerned about Emerson's "health and well-being." Accordingly, on the evening of July 25, 1976, he transferred Emerson to the Central State Hospital. Emerson was examined by Leonard Schrank, M.D., the morning after the...

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