CRAWFORD v. HATCHER

Civ. A. Nos. 5:89-1188, 5:92-0604.

804 F.Supp. 834 (1992)

Robin CRAWFORD, Plaintiff, v. Ronald B. HATCHER and H. Steven Sears, in their official capacities as deputy sheriffs for the Summers County Sheriff's Department, and individually; Sheriff James Blume, former Sheriff of Summers County, in his official capacity as Sheriff, and as an individual; Alonzo Williams, in his official capacity as jailer of the Summers County Jail, and as employee of the Summers County Sheriff's Department, and individually; Larry Keaton and B.B. Angel, as police officers for the City of Hinton and individually; Tommy E. Cobb, an individual, and also in his former capacity as a police officer of the City of Hinton; and the City of Hinton, a West Virginia incorporated municipality, Defendants. Robin CRAWFORD, Plaintiff, v. Larry Dale KEATON, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia.

October 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Daugherty, Elkview, W.Va., Dan Rupli, Bethesda, Md., for plaintiff.

J. Victor Flanagan, Charleston, W.Va., for Sears, Blume & Williams.

Jeffrey M. Wakefield, Charleston, W.Va., for Keaton, Angel & Cobb.

Gary Pullin, Charleston, W.Va., for City of Hinton.


OPINION

FABER, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Robin Crawford, has brought these consolidated civil actions under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983 and 1985 for alleged violations of his civil rights. He claims to have been unlawfully arrested and beaten in Hinton, West Virginia, on October 17 and 18, 1987, by Summers County, West Virginia Deputy Sheriffs and Hinton City Police Officers, in the presence and with the acquiescence of the Summers County jailer...

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