BUTLER v. FLETCHER

No. 05-3480.

465 F.3d 340 (2006)

Ronald BUTLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert FLETCHER, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 13, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidhardha Kamaraju, argued, St. Louis, MO (Timothy J. Grasser, Karen A. Piotrowski and Kurt R. Jensen, on the brief), for appellant.

D. Bruce La Pierre, and K. Lee Marshall, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.

David Foster MacMillan, argued, Ramsey County Attorney's Office, St. Paul, MN, for appellee.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BEAM and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Chief Judge.

Ronald Butler was detained at the Ramsey County Adult Detention Center (ADC) in St. Paul, Minnesota, pending criminal charges. After his conviction, Butler was transferred to a prison, where he tested positive for tuberculosis (TB). He filed this § 1983 damage action against Sheriff Robert Fletcher, alleging that Fletcher violated Butler's Substantive Due Process rights by failing to adopt and implement adequate safeguards protecting ADC inmates...

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