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BURT v. HENNESSEY

No. 86-2651.

929 F.2d 457 (1991)

Benton D. BURT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael HENNESSEY, Sheriff of San Francisco County; William W. Davis, Under-Sheriff of S.F. County; Osuna, Ch. Dep. Sheriff; Pisciotta, Sheriff Sg.; Randy Darr, Attorney for Prisoner's Services for the San Francisco County Sheriff's Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 21, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benton D. Burt, San Francisco, Cal., in pro. per.

David A. Donner, Deputy City Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before GOODWIN, TANG and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Benton Burt, while a pretrial detainee in the San Francisco County Jail, sued the Sheriff and others under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that he was confined under illegal and unconstitutional conditions. After a bench trial, the district court concluded that Burt had been subjected to punishment in violation of his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth amendments and awarded Burt $500 in damages. He appeals the denial of his cost bill as...

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