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SAWYERS v. NORTON

No. 19-1230.

962 F.3d 1270 (2020)

Gordon G. SAWYERS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brian NORTON, in his individual & official capacities; Jonathan L. Hart, in his individual & official capacities; Sgt. Gary Bruder, in his individual & official capacities; Jesse Hand, in his individual & official capacities; Does 1-10, in their individual & official capacities, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed June 23, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean J. Lane ( Alex M. Pass , with him on the briefs), The Lane Law Firm, P.C., Greenwood Village, Colorado, for Defendants-Appellants.

Maren Chaloupka , Chaloupka Holyoke Snyder Chaloupka & Longoria, P.C., L.L.O., Scottsbluff, Nebraska ( Jeffrey R. Hill , Jeffrey R. Hill, P.C., Colorado Springs, Colorado, with him on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before HARTZ, MATHESON, and CARSON, Circuit Judges.

This case arose from Gordon G. Sawyers's pretrial detention at the Rio Grande County Jail ("RGCJ"), where his delusional behavior deteriorated to the point that he removed his right eyeball from its socket. He sued the sheriff in his individual and official capacities under 42 U.S.C § 1983 for a deliberate indifference...

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