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HIRST v. GERTZEN

No. 78-2889.

676 F.2d 1252 (1982)

James HIRST, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jean GERTZEN, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 10, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent A. Russell, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John D. Stephenson, Jr., Jardine, Stephenson, Blewett & Weaver, James R. Walsh, Smith, Emmons, Baillie & Walsh, Great Falls, Mont., for defendants-appellees.

Before ALARCON and CANBY, Circuit Judges and HOFFMAN, District Judge.

ALARCON, Circuit Judge:

FACTS

In the early morning of March 7, 1975, Clayton Hirst, a member of the Blackfeet Native American Tribe, was found dead in his jail cell in the Glacier County Jail in Cut Bank, Montana, hanged by the neck from his belt. Appellants, the heirs of Clayton Hirst, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, charging that Glacier County, the City of Cut Bank, and various county and city officials had violated his civil rights.

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