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ESTATE OF DAVIS v. JOHNSON

No. 83-2631.

745 F.2d 1066 (1984)

ESTATE OF Clyde DAVIS, Deceased, William H. Davis, Administrator, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marguerite JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 27, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Brown, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Springfield, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

William J. Harte, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PELL and BAUER, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, Senior District Judge.

PELL, Circuit Judge.

Clyde Davis, a fifty-nine year old and evidently senile man, was murdered by a fellow detainee after the two were placed in a single "holding cell" at the City of Decatur, Illinois, police department headquarters. Clyde Davis' son, acting in his capacity as administrator of his father's estate, brought this action in federal district court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The complaint alleged that defendant Marguerite Johnson, an information...

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