Legal Opinion
Tyler v. "Ron" Deputy Sheriff or Jailor/Custodian of Prisoners, Div. 15
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 18, 1978No. 77-1885PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Per curiam
On September 23, 1977, Melvin Leroy Tyler, who was in the custody of state law enforcement officers under the terms of a previously imposed sentence, was taken to the St. Louis County Courthouse for arraignment on other charges. While awaiting his arraignment, he was placed in a holdover cell. The jailor, one of the defendants in this suit, took from Tyler the legal papers Tyler was carrying. Later in the day, before he appeared for his arraignment, all the papers were returned to Tyler.
Tyler filed a complaint charging that the defendant’s taking of his legal papers was violative of his…
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