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REED v. WOODRUFF COUNTY, ARK.

No. 93-1393.

7 F.3d 808 (1993)

Bill REED, Individually and as Brother of Howard Reed, deceased; J.E. Reed, Individually and as Father of Howard Reed, deceased, Appellees, v. WOODRUFF COUNTY, ARKANSAS; Leon Cressey, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Former Sheriff of Woodruff County; Jack Capeton, in his Official Capacity as Present Sheriff of Woodruff County; Charlene Smith, Individually and in her Official Capacity as Radio-Operator of the Woodruff County Sheriff's Department; and Bobby Bogarth, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Police Officer, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 21, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph C. Ohm, Hot Springs, AR, argued (David H. White, on the brief), for appellants.

Steven J. Paris, Little Rock, AR, argued, for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and BEAM, Circuit Judge.

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

The defendants, Woodruff County, Arkansas, and several individuals, appeal the District Court's denial of summary judgment in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case. The District Court held that the defendants, primarily jail officials, were not entitled to qualified immunity, and that genuine issues of material fact existed with respect to the accidental death of an inmate, Howard Reed. On appeal, the defendants assert that the denial of summary...

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