Legal Opinion
Michael Z. Smith v. Iron County, a Governmental Entity and Municipal Corporation Ira Schoppman, Iron County Sheriff Gary Shatzer, and Jack Miller
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 2, 1982No. 81-1195PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.
The action here arose in the United States District Court for the District of Utah. It was brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Iron County and various officials. The appeal is from the district court’s final order granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment.
Plaintiff was a detainee-prisoner in the jail at Cedar City in Iron County, Utah. He was awaiting disposition of a burglary charge which had been filed against him. On January 3, 1979, Gary Shatzer, who was the jailer on duty, heard a banging noise coming from the vicinity of the plaintiff’s…
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