TESCH v. COUNTY OF GREEN LAKE

No. 97-3930.

157 F.3d 465 (1998)

Ronald W. TESCH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF GREEN LAKE, Don Bruendl, Sheriff of Green Lake County, County of Outagamie, Bradley G. Gehring, Sheriff of Outagamie County, John L. Behrent, Mary E. Effertz, Certain Unnamed Deputy Sheriffs and/or Correctional Officers Employed by Outagamie County, City of Berlin, John Trochinski, David Trochinski, Robert W. Zache, and John W. Dobson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Auerbach (submitted on briefs), Auerbach & Porter, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Peter M. Farb (submitted on briefs), Gabert, Williams & Farb, Appleton, WI, for County of Outagamie and Gehring.

Gregg T. Heidenreich, Stilp & Cotton, Milwaukee, WI, for City of Berlin.

Before FLAUM, RIPPLE, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Ronald Tesch, who suffers from muscular dystrophy and is confined to a wheelchair, brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that police and correctional officers failed to deal with his affliction during his arrest and pre-trial detention. Tesch claims that the City of Berlin, Wisconsin and some of its police officers violated § 1983 by ordering him to get into a police car when he was physically unable to do so and...

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