Carol Ann Culver v. The Town of Torrington, Wyoming and Officer Gary Webster

GREENE, District Judge.

Appellant Carol Ann Culver appeals from the district court’s order granting appel-lees’ Motion for Summary Judgment dismissing her Section 1983 claim of use of excessive force while she was in a jail cell in a post-arrest pre-trial detention setting.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On July 9, 1987, following reports that appellant Carol Ann Culver was drunk and threatening to harm herself, officers including appellee Gary Webster went to appellant’s home, determined that she was a threat to herself and the community and pursuant to Wyoming’s involuntary mental health hold statute, 1…