Legal Opinion
Raymond Alwyn McMahon v. Malcolm Beard, Sheriff of Hillsborough County, Florida
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 2, 1978No. 78-1749PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
In this case we affirm the district court’s summary judgment against a pretrial detainee’s claim that his solitary confinement, after attempted suicide, in a “strip cell,” and the lack of optimum medical care given him, violated his constitutional rights.
Plaintiff McMahon, arrested for the first degree murder of two young girls, was confined in the Hillsborough County Jail. A year and a half later, after he pled guilty and had been removed to another penal facility, he brought a pro se complaint against the defendant sheriff alleging a 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 cause of action…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Nazareth Gates, and United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. John Collier, Superintendent, Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Katie Ruth Anderson v. J. J. Nosser, James Bradley v. J. J. NosserCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Richard Franklin Miller v. Dale Carson, Individually and in His Capacity as Sheriff of Duval County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Johnson v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- Fisher v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982
- Jim Eric Chandler v. Captain William BairdCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- Marvin Jones, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of Those Similarly Situated v. Fred R. Diamond, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- James Byron Green v. Margaret Baron Joan Wright Sherri Shea Dr. R.T. Lara and Gary KirchhofCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
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