DENNIS v. WARREN

No. 85-4119.

779 F.2d 245 (1985)

Delmar DENNIS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Glen WARREN, Individually and, Scott County Sheriff, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin L. Pittman, Atty. Gen., Donald G. Barlow, John T. Kitchens, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellants.

Richard L. Stradley, Walnut Grove, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GARZA, POLITZ, and HILL, Circuit Judges.


ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of Delmar Dennis in his suit against Glen Warren, the sheriff of Scott County, Mississippi, and Otis Kelly, the deputy sheriff of Scott County.1 The district court after a bench trial found that Kelly had violated 42 U.S.C. § 1983 as well as state laws in the false arrest and imprisonment of Dennis, and that Warren was liable under state law for the acts...

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