Legal Opinion
Wimmer v. Cook
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 19, 1985No. 84-6430PublishedCited by 273 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge.
This action involves the construction of the Magistrate Act of 1968, as revised in 1976 and 1979. The issue arises in connection with a pro se suit filed by the plaintiff, a pre-trial detainee, challenging under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the conditions under which he was detained in the Wyoming (West Virginia) jail as violative of his constitutional rights. The defendants are the president of the Wyoming County Commission (Cook), with general or supervisory responsibility for the jail, and several members of the County Sheriff’s department who have the direct…
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