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BENAVIDES v. COUNTY OF WILSON

No. 91-5557.

955 F.2d 968 (1992)

Apolinar "Paul" BENAVIDES and Stella G. Benavides, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF WILSON and Marvin H. Baumann, Sheriff, Individually and in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 5, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Mauze, II, Jeffrey W. Jones, San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Frederick C. Shannon, Jr., Mitchell L. Weidenbach, Charles Estee, Alan E. Battaglia, San Antonio, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, HIGGINBOTHAM, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Apolinar1 and his wife Stella Benavides brought this § 1983 action against Wilson County and Marvin Baumann, its Sheriff, alleging that both the County and the Sheriff maintained policies that failed adequately to hire, train, and supervise jail personnel. The Benavideses allege that the police seriously injured Apolinar while he was jailed. Stella Benavides also brought pendent state-law claims...

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