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TRIPLETT v. LEFLORE COUNTY, OKL.

No. 81-1066.

712 F.2d 444 (1983)

Willis Ray TRIPLETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LEFLORE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon Tom Staton and Clifford K. Cate, Jr., Muskogee, Okl., for plaintiff-appellant.

Ted A. Knight, Asst. Dist. Atty., for LeFlore County, Poteau, Okl. (Terry L. Amend, Dist. Atty. for LeFlore County, Poteau, Okl., was also on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before BREITENSTEIN, HOLLOWAY and LOGAN, Circuit Judges.

HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Willis Ray Triplett (Triplett) commenced this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against LeFlore County, Oklahoma (County), the sole defendant. The complaint alleged that on June 30, 1980, plaintiff Triplett was incarcerated in the LeFlore County jail; he was known by defendant officials to be a former mental patient and to be having mental difficulties at the time; defendant officials assigned a trusty, a former felon...

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