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WHITNACK v. DOUGLAS COUNTY

No. 92-3902.

16 F.3d 954 (1994)

Daniel Eugene WHITNACK; Isidora Arellano, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DOUGLAS COUNTY, a political subdivision of the state of Nebraska; Joseph Vitek, individually and in his capacity as the Director of the Douglas County Department of Corrections; John Roccaforte, Defendants, E. Fierro, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 22, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Edwin T. Lowndes of Omaha, NE.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellees was Frederick D. Franklin of Omaha, NE.

Before MAGILL and HANSEN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, District Judge.

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Daniel Eugene Whitnack and Isidora Arellano, Jr., filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Douglas County and three employees of the Douglas County Correctional Center. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants deprived them of their constitutional rights by denying them medical care and by confining them in an unclean cell. A jury returned verdicts for defendants Douglas County, Joseph Vitek, and John Roccaforte on all claims...

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