SMITH v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY

No. 95-C-149.

954 F.Supp. 1314 (1997)

Betty SMITH, Plaintiff, v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Milwaukee County Sheriff Lev Baldwin, Richard Artison, Jeffrey Zens, Peter Misko, Peter Lango and Jerianne Feiten, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

February 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Betty Adelman and Jeffrey Hynes, Adelman, Adelman & Murray, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff.

Timothy R. Schoewe, Milwaukee County Corporation Counsel, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants.


DECISION AND ORDER

CURRAN, District Judge.

Betty Smith, a Milwaukee County (Wisconsin) deputy sheriff, is suing the County, its Sheriff, its former Sheriff, Richard Artison, and four other deputies1 for violating her civil rights by firing her without a pre-termination hearing. Smith, who has been reinstated, seeks $112,319.80 in compensatory damages and $25,000 in punitive damages pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

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