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NELSON v. BISHOP

Civ. A. No. 3062.

390 F.Supp. 1191 (1974)

Thomas P. NELSON, Plaintiff, v. Sheriff John BISHOP et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Tennessee, Northeastern Division.

April 25, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No appearance for plaintiff.

Ernest F. Smith, Edwin L. Treadway, S. Morris Hadden, Kingsport, Tenn., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NEESE, District Judge.

The plaintiff Mr. Nelson was a prisoner in the Sullivan County, Tennessee jail in the period, March 13-27, 1973. During this period the defendant Mr. John H. Bishop, Sr., as sheriff of such county, was in charge of the prisoners therein; the defendant Captain Clyde R. Baldwin, a deputy sheriff, was supervisor of such institution; and both were acting under color of Tennessee...

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