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SIBLEY v. LEMAIRE

No. 98-30301.

184 F.3d 481 (1999)

James J. SIBLEY, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. Raywood J. LEMAIRE, Sheriff; Hubert P. Trahan; Freddie Nolan, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 24, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Lambert, Gregory Karl Klein, Curtis & Lambert, Lafayette, LA, for Sibley.

David J. Calogero, Lafayette, LA, Freeman R. Matthews, Usry & Weeks, Metairie, LA, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Before REAVLEY, JOLLY and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

James J. Sibley appeals the dismissal of his claims that officers operating the Vermillion Parish Correctional Center ("prison") were liable for horrible injuries he inflicted on himself while a pretrial detainee. Sibley was arrested for assault and battery. He underwent a psychotic episode while being detained in an isolation cell. During this psychotic episode he physically blinded himself by plucking out his eyes. For this injury...

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