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SAWYER v. COUNTY OF CREEK

No. 89-5080.

908 F.2d 663 (1990)

Leona SAWYER, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Johnnie Curtis Sawyer, deceased, and on her own behalf, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF CREEK, a Political Subdivision of the State of Oklahoma; Robert J. Whitworth, individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Creek County; Michael E. Bird, and other unknown persons, individually and in their official capacity as Deputy Sheriffs or employees of Creek County; J.D. Nunez, M.D., Defendants, and Rodrigo Ramirez, M.D., individually and as an employee of the State of Oklahoma, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 18, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Nance (Robert H. Henry, Atty. Gen., and Randy J. Malone, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Oklahoma, with him on the briefs), Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Federal Div., of Oklahoma, for the defendants-appellants.

Michael Salem (Louis W. Bullock, of Bullock and Bullock, Tulsa, Okl., with him on the brief), Salem Law Offices, Norman, Okl., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TACHA and BRORBY, Circuit Judges, and VAN BEBBER, District Judge.

TACHA, Circuit Judge.

This action arises out of the death of Johnnie Curtis Sawyer at the Eastern State Hospital in Vinita, Oklahoma. Leona Sawyer, mother of the decedent, filed suit against Rodrigo Ramirez, M.D., a state employee of Eastern State Hospital, alleging that Ramirez denied Johnnie Sawyer his rights under: (1) the first, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, ninth, and fourteenth amendments, U.S. Const. amends. I, IV, V, VI, VII, IX, XIV; and (2) various state...

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