1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 102 F.3d
  5. 102 F.3d 722 (1996)
 

JACKSON v. LONG

Nos. 96-1273, 96-1274.

102 F.3d 722 (1996)

J. Ronnie JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles H. LONG, Individually, and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Buncombe County, Defendant-Appellant. Teresa A. PENLAND, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles H. LONG, Individually, and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Buncombe County, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Alfred Blancato, Bennett & Blancato, L.L.P., Winston-Salem, NC, for Appellant. Sean Patrick Devereux, Whalen, Hay, Pitts, Hugenschmidt, Master & Devereux, P.A., Asheville, NC; C. Frank Goldsmith, Jr., Goldsmith, Goldsmith & Dews, Marion, NC, for Appellees.

Before RUSSELL, NIEMEYER, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge RUSSELL concurred. Judge MOTZ concurred in the judgment only.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

When Buncombe County (North Carolina) Sheriff Charles H. Long received a complaint from a female inmate in the Buncombe County Detention Center that she had been raped by a jailer, Sheriff Long conducted a brief investigation and then referred the matter to the...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases