DAVIS v. FULTON COUNTY, ARK.

No. 95-3157.

90 F.3d 1346 (1996)

Bobby DAVIS; Lloyd Marlo Davis, husband of Bobby Davis, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FULTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS; Fulton County Arkansas Quorum Court, individually and as members of the Quorum Court; Paul Martin, individually and as Sheriff of Fulton County, Arkansas; Defendants, Charles Bost, individually and as Deputy Sheriff of Fulton County, Arkansas; Joann Cunningham, individually and as Jailer of Fulton County, Arkansas; Janella Cantrell, individually and as Jailer of Fulton County, Arkansas, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 26, 1996.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied September 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen P. Greenaway, argued, Fayetteville, AR (Joe A. Summerford, on the brief), for appellants.

Robert A. Russell, Jr., argued, Little Rock, AR, for appellees.

Before MAGILL, HEANEY, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied September 17, 1996.

DIANA E. MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Bobby Davis brought this action after she was raped at her place of business by a detainee in the custody of the Fulton County sheriff's department. She sued the county, the county Quorum Court, individual members of the court, and employees of the sheriff's department under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state tort...

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