SCHMIDT v. ODELL

No. 97-1367-WEB.

64 F.Supp.2d 1014 (1999)

Tracy Ray SCHMIDT, Plaintiff, v. Bob ODELL, individually and as Sheriff of Cowley County; the Board of County Commissioners of Cowley County, Kansas; Bill Munley, individually and as Head Jailer of the Cowley County Jail; and Craig King, Individually and as Undersheriff of Cowley County, Kansas, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

July 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth G. Gale, Adams & Jones, Chartered, Wichita, KS, for Plaintiff.

Van M. Halley, Morrison & Hecker L.L.P., Alan L. Rupe, Georgina R. Adami, Husch & Eppenberger, Wichita, KS, for Defendants.


Memorandum and Order

WESLEY E. BROWN, Senior District Judge.

The plaintiff was formerly an inmate at the Cowley County Jail. He is a double amputee and is without both legs from a point below his knees. He alleges that during his incarceration the defendants deprived him of a wheelchair or other accommodation and forced him to crawl and pull himself about the jail on the floor. He asserts claims under the Eighth Amendment, the Americans with Disabilities...

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