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WRIGHT v. SHEPPARD

No. 89-5700.

919 F.2d 665 (1990)

Ivory WRIGHT, Mary Lee Wright, Eloise Yon, Otis Evans, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Joseph SHEPPARD, Individually and in his capacity as Sheriff of Highlands County, Florida, Crobmond (Foots) Livingston, individually and in his capacity as Deputy Sheriff of Highlands County, Florida and Albert Lee Williams, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 18, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Guare, Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc., Bartow, Fla., James K. Green, West Palm Beach, Fla., Miyoshi D. Smith, Lipman & Weisberg, Miami, Fla., Terry E. Allbritton, M. David Gelfand, Appellate Advocacy Program, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Julius F. Parker, Jr., Tallahassee, Fla., T.J. Cunningham, Cunningham & Cunningham, Brown & Weaver, West Palm Beach, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Peter M. Siegel, Randall C. Berg, Jr., Executive Director, Florida Justice Inst., Inc., Miami, Fla., for amicus curiae Florida Justice Institute.

Before FAY and COX, Circuit Judges, and GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge.

GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Ivory Wright and others sued law enforcement officers of Highlands County, Florida, seeking monetary, injunctive, and declaratory relief for alleged deprivation of their rights arising from the actions of county law enforcement officers who allegedly served as enforcers for private creditors to whom plaintiffs were indebted. The suit was brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations...

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