Legal Opinion
Buchanan-Moore v. County of Milwaukee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 29, 2009No. 08-3621PublishedCited by 1,983 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
In the summer of 2006, Sidney K. Gray, Jr., a mentally ill man, committed a string of crimes in Milwaukee which landed him into, then back out of, the Milwaukee County jail. The short stays and quick releases from confinement were allegedly the result of bureaucratic errors made by municipal agents. Furthermore, although Gray’s history of mental illness was known to Milwaukee County authorities, he was not administered his medications while confined. Returned to the Milwaukee streets for a final time on July 22, Gray broke into a home on the city’s north side. Frank…
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