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DOE BY AND THROUGH DOE v. WASHINGTON COUNTY

Nos. 97-3969, 98-1126.

150 F.3d 920 (1998)

John DOE, Jr., by and through his next friend John DOE, Sr., Appellee, v. WASHINGTON COUNTY, Appellant, Kenneth McKee, Individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Washington County, Arkansas; Bill Wolber, Individually and in his official capacity as a deputy with the Washington County Sheriff's Office and as a jailer for the Washington County Detention Facility; Timothy Jacobs, Individually and in his official capacity as a deputy with the Washington County Sheriff's Office and as a jailer for the Washington County Detention Facility, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 30, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Matthew R. Lawrence, Fayetteville, AR, argued, for Appellee.

Before BEAM and MURPHY, Circuit Judges, and MELLOY, District Judge,

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

John Doe, Jr., a juvenile, sued Washington County, Arkansas, after he was beaten, raped, and tortured by other juvenile detainees while being held in the Washington County Detention Center. He brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of the Fourteenth Amendment. The jury returned a verdict against the county, which appeals. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1996, when he was fifteen years old, Doe...

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