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SIVARD v. PULASKI COUNTY

No. 91-1208.

959 F.2d 662 (1992)

Harold E. SIVARD, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PULASKI COUNTY, Pulaski County Sheriff's Department, Charlotte Ward, individually and in her official capacity, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 1, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grace H. Han, argued, Sipe, Pankow, Han & Free, Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

Frank E. Tolbert, argued, John S. Damm, Logansport, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges, and WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.

WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff-appellant sued Pulaski County, Indiana, its sheriff, and a local doctor for unconstitutional detention and personal injuries suffered while in prison. The district court dismissed the suit on a motion for summary judgment. Unlike the trial court, we read the complaint to state a claim for unconstitutional detention. We find, however, that unanswered questions of material fact remain as to that claim and the defendants' defense...

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