CZAJKA v. HICKMAN

No. 82-1269.

703 F.2d 317 (1983)

John S. CZAJKA, Appellant, v. James HICKMAN, Sheriff; Clint Coplin, Deputy Sheriff; Al Turley, Deputy Sheriff, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 30, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Allan, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Thomas L. Ray, Jr., Asst. Pros. Atty., Farmington, Mo., for appellees.

Before HEANEY, McMILLIAN and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

John S. Czajka appeals from a judgment entered against him pursuant to a jury verdict in a civil action for damages against a Missouri sheriff and two deputy sheriffs. He challenges several evidentiary rulings made by the district court. We affirm.

On October 7, 1980, Czajka was confined in the St. Francois County, Missouri, jail. That evening, he and two other inmates, Ray Barton and Mike Spaeder, attempted to escape by overpowering...

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