MYERS v. COUNTY OF LAKE, IND.

No. 93-2469.

30 F.3d 847 (1994)

Robert MYERS and Steven R. Myers, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COUNTY OF LAKE, INDIANA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivan E. Bodensteiner (argued), Terry E. Johnston, Valparaiso, IN, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Robert P. Kennedy, F. Amin Istrabadi (argued), Spangler, Jennings & Dougherty, Merrillville, IN, for defendant-appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and MIHM, District Judge.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Steven Myers, age 16, was in the custody of Lake County, Indiana, during 1988 as a juvenile delinquent. While at an "open" facility he stole a staff member's car, leading to a transfer to more secure custody at the Lake County Juvenile Center (LCJC). Steven had been at the LCJC before, and his caseworker believed that he would be better off at a facility in Maine specializing in intelligent children who treated ordinary detention facilities...

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