KENNEDY v. SCHAFER

No. 95-1531EM.

71 F.3d 292 (1995)

Wayne KENNEDY and Alice Kennedy, Appellants, v. C. Keith SCHAFER; John Twiehaus; Robert O. Muether; Jacqueline Howard; Kelly Shaw; and Peggy J. Dunlap, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 4, 1995.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied January 31, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo V. Garvin, St. Louis, Missouri, argued (Paul M. Maloney and Donald L. Schlapprizzi, St. Louis, Missouri, on the brief), for appellant.

Christine A. Alsop, St. Louis, Missouri, argued (Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon as Attorney General of Missouri, and John R. Munich, on the brief), for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, HEANEY and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied January 31, 1996.*

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Wayne and Alice Kennedy brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against officials of the Missouri Department of Mental Health and Hawthorn Children's Psychiatric Hospital, a state facility. They allege that defendants deprived their 15-year-old daughter, Kathleen, of her due-process right to a safe and humane environment...

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