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DOE v. SULLIVAN COUNTY, TENN.

Nos. 90-5288, 90-5346 and 90-5348.

956 F.2d 545 (1992)

John DOE, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant (90-5288/5348), Appellant (90-5346), v. SULLIVAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE, Mike Gardner; Lynn Hawkins, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees (90-5288/5348), Lon V. Boyd, Keith Westmoreland, Deputy Sheriff Murph, Deputy Sheriff Conner, Deputy Sheriff Lynch, Tyrone Ross, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 10, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Everett H. Mechem (argued and briefed), Frank A. Johnstone, Wilson, Worley, Gamble & Ward, Kingsport, Tenn., Penny J. White, Johnson City, Tenn., Charles Vance Ketron, Gray, Tenn., for John Doe.

John S. McLellan, III (briefed), Gene H. Tunnell (briefed), Charlton R. DeVault, Jr. (argued and briefed), Kingsport, Tenn., for Sullivan County, Tenn., Mike Gardner, Lynn Hawkins, Lon V. Boyd, Keith Westmoreland, Deputy Sheriff Murph, Deputy Sheriff Conner, Deputy Sheriff Lynch and Tyrone Ross.

Before JONES and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges, and JOINER, Senior District Judge.

NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Sullivan County, Mike Gardner, and Lynn Hawkins appeal a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff John Doe for injuries sustained while incarcerated. Plaintiff in turn appeals directed verdicts for the remaining defendants and pretrial orders limiting evidence and denying his motion to add new defendants. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

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