HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
In reversing and remanding on procedural grounds this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case initially brought pro se by a state pretrial detainee against his county jailers we do not intend to imply an opinion one way or the other as to its merits. We hold only that summary judgment cannot be bent to so conveniently dispose of a prisoner case which may be viewed by some as having little import.
In November, 1978, the plaintiff John...
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