SMITH v. IRON COUNTY

No. 81-1195.

692 F.2d 685 (1982)

Michael Z. SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant v. IRON COUNTY, a governmental entity and municipal corporation; Ira Schoppman, Iron County Sheriff; Gary Shatzer, and Jack Miller, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian M. Barnard, Salt Lake City, Utah (Kerry Eagan and John B. Maycock, Salt Lake City, Utah, with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Gary B. Ferguson, Richards, Brandt, Miller & Nelson, Salt Lake City, Utah, for defendants-appellees.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, DOYLE, Circuit Judge, and BOHANON, District Judge.


WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.

The action here arose in the United States District Court for the District of Utah. It was brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Iron County and various officials. The appeal is from the district court's final order granting defendants' motion for summary judgment.

Plaintiff was a detainee-prisoner in the jail at Cedar City in Iron County, Utah. He was awaiting disposition of a burglary charge which had been filed...

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