Legal Opinion
Randy Rene Lozano v. William French Smith, Elton Faught
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 3, 1983No. 81-1538PublishedCited by 179 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from the judgment of the district court dismissing an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against appellees, principally Elton Faught, the former Sheriff of Ector County, Texas, Randy Tenney, one of Faught’s Deputy Sheriffs, and Jackie Perkins, one of the jailers at the Ector County jail. Appellees were sued both individually and in their respective official capacities for the alleged violation of the civil rights of Larry Ortega Lozano (“Lozano”), a 27-year-old emotionally disturbed pretrial detainee being held in the Ector County jail, in Odessa,…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- Owen v. City of IndependenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by179 opinions
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