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NISHIYAMA v. DICKSON COUNTY, TENN.

No. 83-5683.

814 F.2d 277 (1987)

Ralph E. NISHIYAMA and wife, Gabrielene Nishiyama, as surviving parents and next-of-kin of Kathy Jane Nishiyama, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DICKSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, a political subdivision of the State of Tennessee, Dowell (Doyle) Wall and Carroll Fiser, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Batson, Daniel, Harvill, Batson & Nolan, Clarksville, Tenn., John Conners, Jr., Kenneth H. King, Jr. (argued), Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Douglas Fisher, Wall & Fizer, Mary Martin Schaffner (argued), R.B. Parker, Jr. (Dickson County), Nashville, Tenn., Connie Jones (argued), for defendants-appellees.

Before LIVELY, Chief Judge, and ENGEL, KEITH, MERRITT, KENNEDY, MARTIN, JONES, CONTIE, KRUPANSKY, WELLFORD, GUY, NELSON, RYAN and BOGGS, Circuit Judges.

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Ralph and Gabrielene Nishiyama, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Dickson County, Tennessee, Sheriff Doyle Wall and Deputy Sheriff Carroll Fiser as well as Dickson County. The Nishiyamas allege the sheriffs' policy and practice of entrusting fully-equipped official patrol cars to inmate Charles Hartman, a convicted felon, deprived their daughter Kathy of her life without due process of law. Hartman was allegedly...

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