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CASSADY v. TACKETT

No. 89-5679.

938 F.2d 693 (1991)

Lorna CASSADY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thurman TACKETT, Individually and in his Capacity as Johnson County Jailer, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ned B. Pillersdorf (argued), Stumbo, Derossett & Pillersdorf, Prestonsburg, Ky., for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael J. Curtis (argued), Ashland, Ky., Pamela Todd Robinette, Stratton, May & Hays, Pikeville, Ky., for defendant-appellee.

Before KENNEDY, Circuit Judge, and ENGEL and WELLFORD, Senior Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Lorna Cassady, Executive Director of a multi-county jail located in Johnson County, Kentucky, brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Thurman Tackett, the Johnson County jailer, for deprivation of her substantive due process rights under the fourteenth amendment. Cassady alleges that she was forced to barricade herself in her office after Tackett and his deputies threatened to kill her. Her complaint also included pendent state claims of false...

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