CLARK v. POULTON

No. 88-1177.

914 F.2d 1426 (1990)

James Edward CLARK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert POULTON, Utah State Corrections Department, David Jorgenson, Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, and John Does I through X, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janice M. Church, Holme Roberts & Owen (Jeffrey A. Chase, with her on the brief), Denver, Colo., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jerry G. Campbell, Deputy County Atty. (David E. Yocom, Salt Lake County Atty., with him on the brief), Salt Lake City, Utah, for Salt Lake County defendants-appellees.

Brent A. Burnett, Asst. Atty. Gen. (R. Paul Van Dam, Atty. Gen., David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen., Stephen J. Sorenson, Asst. Atty. Gen., and William F. Bannon, Asst. Atty. Gen., with him on the brief), Salt Lake City, Utah, for defendants-appellees Robert Poulton and Utah State Corrections Dept.

Before HOLLOWAY, SEYMOUR and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

James E. Clark brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) against the Adult Parole Division of the Utah State Corrections Department, parole officer Robert Poulton, the Salt Lake County jail, and David Jorgenson, a transportation officer employed at the jail. Clark alleged that his constitutional rights were violated by two separate incidents of excessive force, and by the denial of medical treatment and of reasonable access to the...

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