J.K.J. v. POLK COUNTY

Nos. 18-1498, 18-1499, 18-2170 & 18-2177.

928 F.3d 576 (2019)

J.K.J. and M.J.J., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. POLK COUNTY and Darryl L. Christensen, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 26, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lida Marie Bannink, Esq. , Thomas J. Weidner , Attorneys, ECKBERG, LAMMERS, P.C., Stillwater, MN, Adam Francois Watkins , Attorney, WATKINS BRADLEY LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Paul David Cranley , Attorney, HUSCH BLACKWELL, LLP, Madison, WI, Kurt M. Simatic , Attorney, HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP, Waukesha, WI, for Defendant-Appellant Polk County, Wisconsin.

Samuel C. Hall, Jr. , Sara Catherine Mills , Attorneys, CRIVELLO CARLSON, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellant Darryl L. Christensen.

Before Bauer, Brennan, and Scudder, Circuit Judges.


Darryl Christensen, a Polk County, Wisconsin Jail corrections officer, sexually assaulted plaintiffs J.K.J. and M.J.J. over three years during their incarcerations. Plaintiffs sued Christensen and the county under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment claims, in addition to a state law negligence...

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