JONES v. EDWARDS

No. 84-2569.

770 F.2d 739 (1985)

Marlin E. JONES, Appellant, v. Douglas L. EDWARDS, S.S. (Scott) Gilster; Julian Jarvis; Robert Dawson; Danny R. Kramer; Gordon D. Gilster, Sheriff of Lincoln County, Nebraska; and Lincoln County, Nebraska, Appellees. The City of North Platte, a Nebraska Municipal Corporation; Ronald Arnold; Hubert Klingsporn, individually and as Deputy Sheriffs of Lincoln County, Nebraska; Martin J. Gutschenritter, individually and as Chief of Police of North Platte, Nebraska Police Department; Billy J. Lloyd; Rick M. Ryan, individually and as Police Officers of the City of North Platte, Nebraska.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beverly Evans Grenier, Lincoln, Neb., for appellant.

Frank E. Piccolo, North Platte, Neb., for appellee.

Before HEANEY, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Marlin E. Jones appeals from an adverse jury verdict in his suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged civil rights violations by sheriffs, police officers, and jail personnel in North Platte, Nebraska. For reversal, Jones argues that the district court erred in failing to grant his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, in admitting certain prejudicial testimony, and in instructing the jury improperly. Because we find that the district...

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