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LITZ v. CITY OF ALLENTOWN

Civ. A. No. 94-CV-4336.

896 F.Supp. 1401 (1995)

Steven A. LITZ, Esquire, Guardian for the Estate and Person of Bobby F. Chain, Jr., Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF ALLENTOWN, Wayne Stephens, Richard Schaffer, and Various Other Unknown Officers of the City of Allentown Police Department, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

August 18, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis F. Feeley, Carl B. Williamson, Allentown, PA, for plaintiff.

Blake C. Marles, David G. Knerr, Allentown, PA, for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

VAN ANTWERPEN, District Judge.

This civil rights action, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, 1986 and the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, arises out of the attempted suicide of Bobby Chain Jr. while he was being held in a holding cell. The complaint also asserts supplemental state law claims. On July 18, 1992, Bobby Chain, Jr. attempted to hang himself using his socks in a holding...

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