MILLS v. SMITH

No. 80-1851.

656 F.2d 337 (1981)

James C. MILLS, Appellant, v. Officer Jack SMITH, Sherwood Police Department, Sherwood, Arkansas, Charles Sellinger, Dennis Duran, As Individuals and as Officials and Employees of the City of Sherwood, Arkansas and Other Unknown Officials and Employees of the City of Sherwood, Arkansas, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Hamilton, Kaplan, Brewer & Bilheimer, P.A., Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Wright, Lindsey & Jennings by Wendell L. Griffen, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Before HENLEY and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges, and COLLINSON, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff-appellant Mills brought this § 1983 action against police officers and officials of Sherwood, Arkansas, contending that his civil rights under the eighth and fourteenth amendments were violated when police officer Smith shot him and later when officials refused to provide him with proper medical attention. The district court1 rejected these contentions and found that...

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