Legal Opinion
Jessie W. Collins v. Cecil Cundy, Campbell County Attorney and Sheriff Hladky, Sheriff of Campbell County
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 17, 1979No. 79-1015PublishedCited by 288 opinions
1Per curiam
Jessie W. Collins has appealed the dismissal of his civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
In his complaint, Collins stated that he was incarcerated in the Campbell County Jail in Wyoming during August of 1977. While he was there, the sheriff (Hladky) and the county attorney (Cundy) allegedly refused to mail certain legal correspondence for him. Collins claimed the sheriff laughed at him and threatened to hang him. By way of damages, Collins sought $350,000 from each defendant.
The district court directed that affidavits be filed. After affidavits, motions, and other…
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