ACLU OF MARYLAND v. WICOMICO COUNTY, MD.

No. 92-1764.

999 F.2d 780 (1993)

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MARYLAND, INC., a Maryland Corporation; American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Maryland, Inc., a Maryland Corporation; Monica M. Chester, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. WICOMICO COUNTY, MARYLAND; Wicomico County Detention Center; John W. Welch, Jr., Warden, individually and in his official capacity; Richard Darling, Colonel, individually and in his official capacity; William Young, Major, individually and in his official capacity; Michael Hunter, Sergeant, individually and in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1993.

Amended by Order Filed August 6, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Karp, Allen, Johnson, Alexander & Karp, Baltimore, MD, argued (Denise Ramsburg Stanley, on brief), for defendants-appellants.

John H. Morris, Jr., Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Baltimore, MD, argued (Catherine J. Schuster, on brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before PHILLIPS and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and HILL, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, sitting by designation.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

This appeal arises from a suit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Maryland state law by the Maryland American Civil Liberties Union ("ACLU"), the Maryland ACLU Foundation ("ACLUF") and Monica Chester, an ACLU paralegal (collectively "Appellees", "the ACLU" or "Chester" as appropriate) against Wicomico County, Maryland and four employees1 of the Wicomico County Detention Center ("WCDC") in their individual...

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