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VAN PELT v. ST. CLAIR

No. 92-1705.

968 F.2d 763 (1992)

Larry VAN PELT, Sr., Appellant, v. Elmer ST. CLAIR, Chief Deputy, Cross County Sheriff's Department; Parkin Police Department; Bobby Jordan, Police Officer, Parkin Arkansas; Cross County Sheriff's Department; Charles Walker, Cross County Sheriff's Department; David Parkman, Sheriff; Delbert Padgett, Deputy Sheriff; Larry Hillis, Deputy Sheriff, St. Francis County; Anthony Denwiddie, Parkin, Arkansas, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 9, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Van Pelt, Sr., pro se.

David H. White, Hot Springs, Ark., argued, for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON, FAGG, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Larry Van Pelt, Sr., an Arkansas inmate, appeals from the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We affirm.

Van Pelt was arrested for the murder of a convenience store employee in Parkin, Arkansas. When he was brought into the Parkin police station by the arresting officers, he was punched in the face by Anthony Denwiddie — boyfriend of the victim and witness to the crime — who was there to give his statement. As a result...

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