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LEWIS v. SHERIFFS DEPT. FOR CITY OF ST. LOUIS

No. 86-1951.

817 F.2d 465 (1987)

Robert LEWIS, Appellant, v. SHERIFFS DEPT. FOR the CITY OF ST. LOUIS, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 1, 1987.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Walsh, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Mary Ann Medler, St. Louis, Mo., for appellees.

Before HEANEY, ARNOLD and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Robert Lewis sued the St. Louis Sheriff's Department, Sheriff Gordon D. Schweitzer, and Deputy Leroy Simmons under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Lewis alleges that his eighth amendment rights were violated while he was a prisoner being held in the St. Louis Municipal Courts Building. A jury found for the defendants. The district court denied Lewis's motion for a new trial. We affirm.

On October 28, 1983, Lewis was transferred from a state correctional...

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