[DOWNLOAD] "Sivard v. Pulaski County" by United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Sivard v. Pulaski County
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Release Date : January 01, 1992
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge. The plaintiff-appellant sued Pulaski County, Indiana, its sheriff, and a local doctor for unconstitutional detention and personal injuries suffered while in prison. The district court dismissed the suit on a motion for summary judgment. Unlike the trial court, we read the complaint to state a claim for unconstitutional detention. We find, however, that unanswered questions of material fact remain as to that claim and the defendants' defense against it. The claim was therefore inappropriate for summary judgment, and we reverse. As to the summary judgment on all other allegations in the plaintiff's complaint, we agree with the trial court, and affirm. I. BACKGROUND