Hartnagel v. Norman

STUART, Senior District Judge.

Six employees of the Hennepin County Alcohol Receiving Center (Detox) brought this action against the Center’s director, three supervisory employees, two Sheriff’s Department Officers and Hennepin County. During 1988 some of the supervisory personnel at Detox had been subjected to many threats of violence, obscene letters and phone calls, minor vandalism, and the intrusion of unknown persons into their private offices. The sheriff’s office was called upon to conduct an investigation. According to the plaintiff-appellants, “[i]t is the approach taken by the…