Pete Wright v. Lane Harris

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION PETE WRIGHT, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 4:24 CV 397 CDP ) LANE HARRIS, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Self-represented plaintiff Pete Wright asserts that he was subjected to the tortious conduct of defendant Lane Harris, a detention officer at the St. Francois County Jail, when Wright was housed at the Jail in 2023 and 2024 as a pretrial civil detainee. In this diversity action, Wright brings Missouri State-law claims of conversion, slander, and assault and battery, alleging that Harris took and failed to…