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WEVER v. LINCOLN COUNTY, NEBRASKA

No. 03-3633.

388 F.3d 601 (2004)

Nancy WEVER, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Dennis Wever, Deceased, Appellee, v. LINCOLN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, Defendant, James Carman, Individually and as Lincoln County Sheriff, Appellant, Martin Gutschenritter, Individually and as North Platte Chief of Police; City of North Platte, Nebraska; John Does 1-10; John Does 11-20, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: November 4, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall L. Goyette of Lincoln, NE (Jarrod S. Boitnott on the brief), for appellant.

Shelley A. Horak of Sioux City IA (Patricia A. Knapp, Lincoln, NE, on the brief), for appellee.

Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, MAGILL, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

This case arises from the following tragic facts. On December 8, 2001, Lincoln County officers responded to a 911 call from an emotionally despondent Dennis Wever. Though Wever threatened to kill himself if jailed, the officers arrested Wever, brought him to jail, placed him in an isolation cell, and gave him a blanket upon his request. Less than half an hour after making the threat, Wever hung himself with the blanket. He was the third person...

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