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THIBODEAUX v. BORDELON

No. 83-4027.

740 F.2d 329 (1984)

James THIBODEAUX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James BORDELON, Linda Brown, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 16, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Milligan, Jr., Lafayette, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Fontenot & Mitchell, John Clyde Fontenot, Ville Platte, La., for Dalbes Fontenot.

Jack Fruge, Sr., Christopher B. Fruge, Ville Plate, La., for all defendants-appellees except Fontenot.

Before WISDOM, REAVLEY, and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question whether a pretrial detainee suffers a deprivation of any constitutional rights when he sustains bodily injury because of the negligence of city officials responsible for supervising the jail housing the detainee. The question turns particularly on the applicability of Parratt v. Taylor, 1981, 451 U.S. 527, 101 S.Ct. 1908, 68 L.Ed.2d 420, to an alleged negligent deprivation...

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