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CRUSE v. NUNLEY

No. 95-CA-00959-SCT.

699 So.2d 941 (1997)

Billy M. CRUSE v. Johnny NUNLEY, Sheriff of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, Individually, and in His Official Capacity; And the Tishomingo County, Mississippi, Board of Supervisors, Individually, and in Their Official Capacity; Ricky Cummings; M.R. Whitehead; Perry Dale Price; Richard Dobbs; D.W. McKee; Danny Ryan; Leon Cook and Frank Williams.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 18, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luther C. Fisher, IV, Ellis Ellis Fisher & Nichols, Tupelo, for appellant.

Nicholas B. Phillips, Iuka, for appellees.

Before PRATHER, P.J., and BANKS and SMITH, JJ.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Billy M. Cruse, former inmate of the Tishomingo County Jail, was awarded compensatory damages and injunctive relief against Johnny Nunley, the former Sheriff of Tishomingo County and the Tishomingo County Board of Supervisors for violations of Miss. Code Ann. §§ 47-1-57 (Supp. 1997); 47-1-59 (Supp. 1993) and 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

¶ 2. Cruse thereafter filed a motion for attorney's fees under the Civil...

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