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DUNIGAN EX REL. NYMAN v. WINNEBAGO COUNTY

No. 97-3232.

165 F.3d 587 (1999)

Latoyia Y. DUNIGAN, Ladesha R. Dunigan, and Isaiah Vance, by his mother, Cynthia NYMAN, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Estate of L.T. Vance and Marie Coleman, Appellants, v. WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Robert Kraus, formerly Winnebago County Sheriff, Thomas Makurat, Officer, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 19, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Peterson, Mary T. Lokensgard (argued), Robinson, Peterson, Berk & Cross, Appleton, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Charles H. Bohl, Kathryn M. West (argued), Elizabeth M. Estes, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, CUDAHY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

L.T. Vance died while imprisoned in the Winnebago County Jail (WCJ). His survivors (the plaintiffs) and estate sued various county officials (the defendants) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the officials' failure to administer proper medical care constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The district court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment and the plaintiffs appeal that order....

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