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BECK v. KANSAS UNIVERSITY PSYCHIATRY FOUNDATION

Civ. A. Nos. 83-2094-S, 83-2095-S.

671 F.Supp. 1563 (1987)

Janice C. BECK, et al., Plaintiffs, v. KANSAS UNIVERSITY PSYCHIATRY FOUNDATION, et al., Defendants. Myrtle A. WILLIAMS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. KANSAS UNIVERSITY PSYCHIATRY FOUNDATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

May 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Elliott Shamberg, Lynn R. Johnson, David R. Morris, Ruth M. Benien, Shamberg, Johnson, Bergman & Goldman, Chartered, Overland Park, Kan., for plaintiffs.

Steven L. Ruddick, John C. McFadden, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Kansas City, Kan., for the State of Kan.

Charles E. Simmons, Chief Legal Counsel, Dept. of Corrections, Robert R. Stephan, Atty. Gen., Leon J. Patton, James D. Hall, David D. Plinsky, Bruce E. Miller, Carl A. Gallagher, Asst. Attys. Gen., Timothy G. Madden, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Corrections, Topeka, Kan., Ronald W. Nelson, Overland Park, Kan., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SAFFELS, District Judge.

Various defendants in this action have filed motions for summary judgment.

I. DEFENDANTS MCMANUS AND ATKINS

Defendants McManus and Atkins have filed a motion for summary judgment, claiming that the actions taken by Bradley Boan in murdering the plaintiffs' decedents on March 20, 1981, cannot be characterized as actions taken under color of state law by the defendants Patrick McManus and Robert...

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