BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Douglas R. Dickerson brought this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985(3) (1976) against Robert F. Pritchard, the Sheriff of Franklin County, Arkansas, and four other law enforcement officers (Ronald Williams, Bob McElhaney, Marguerette Reed, and Alan Parker). Dickerson alleged that Pritchard beat him up following an arrest and that McElhaney, Williams, Reed, and Parker stood idly by during this beating. Pritchard...
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