Legal Opinion
Barney v. Pulsipher
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 1, 1998No. 96-4192PublishedCited by 775 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Chief Judge.
While serving 48-hour sentences for minor offenses at Box Elder County Jail in Utah, Kathy Christensen and Susan Barney were on separate occasions sexually assaulted by jailer Gerald Pulsipher. Ms. Christensen and Ms. Barney each brought suit against Gerald Pulsipher, Box Elder County, Sheriff Robert Limb, and County Commissioners Lee Allen, James White, and Allen Jensen under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging violations under the First, Eighth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments based on Mr. Pulsi-pher’s sexual assault and other conditions of confinement arising out of their…
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