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BLACK v. COOK

No. CIV-77-0309-D.

444 F.Supp. 61 (1977)

Mr. and Mrs. Larry BLACK, Sr., Plaintiffs, v. Jim COOK, Commissioner of Charities and Corrections of the State of Oklahoma, Earl E. Goerke, District Attorney in and for Blaine County, Oklahoma, Hugh Compton, Sheriff of Blaine County, Oklahoma, Richard Craighead, Jailer, Blaine County, Oklahoma, Jim Sinclair, Undersheriff of Blaine County, Oklahoma, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Oklahoma.

December 2, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Archibald B. Hill, Jr., Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiffs.

Larry Derryberry, Atty. Gen., by Paul Crowe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendants Jim Cook and Earl E. Goerke.

Larry D. Smith, Asst. Dist. Atty., Watonga, Okl., for defendants Hugh Compton and Jim Sinclair.

S. David Hopper, Watonga, Okl., for defendant Richard Craighead.

ORDER

DAUGHERTY, Chief Judge.

This is a civil rights action in which Plaintiffs seek damages for Defendants' alleged violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 arising out of the death of Plaintiffs' minor son while he was incarcerated in the County Jail of Blaine County, Oklahoma. It is asserted that the Court has subject matter jurisdiction of this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1343.

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