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A.J. BY L.B. v. KIERST

Nos. 94-2449, 94-3586.

56 F.3d 849 (1995)

A.J., by his mother and next friend, L.B., on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Appellant, v. David KIERST, Jr., in his official capacity as Juvenile Officer; Jim Morrison, in his official capacity as Director of Residential Services; Sherman Williams, in his official capacity as Director of Detention; Judge Edith L. Messina, in her official capacity as chief administrative officer of juvenile detention and as Judge of the Juvenile Division of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri, Appellees. (Two Cases)

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 1, 1995.

Rehearing Denied July 7, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur A. Benson, Kansas City, MO, argued (Veronica Johnson, Kansas City, MO, and David Lambert, San Francisco, CA, on the brief), for appellant.

William H. Sanders, Kansas City, MO, argued (Peter B. Sloan on the brief), for appellee, Edith Messina.

J. Earlene Farr, Kansas City, MO, argued, for appelles, Sherwin Williams, Jim Morrison and David Kierst.

Before McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge; HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge; and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Pursuant to 42 U.C.S. §§ 1983 and 1988, A.J., a 16-year-old minor, filed this class action in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri on behalf of himself and others similarly situated (collectively "plaintiffs"; separately "A.J." and "the class") to challenge the constitutionality of certain policies, practices, and conditions at the Jackson County Juvenile Justice Center

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