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MEEK v. ORTON

No. S 89-0118-C.

773 F.Supp. 172 (1991)

Van Lewis MEEK, Plaintiff, v. Clyde ORTON, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Missouri, Southeastern Division.

August 23, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Adam Potashnick, Potashnick & Potashnick, Joseph C. Blanton, Jr., Blanton, Rice, Sidwell & Ottinger, Sikeston, Mo., for plaintiff.

Eugene K. Buckley, Evans & Dixon, St. Louis, Mo., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

LIMBAUGH, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a prisoner incarcerated at the Pemiscot County Jail ("PCJ") at all times relevant to this action, filed this action against defendants pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendant Clyde Orton is the sheriff of Pemiscot County. Defendant Floyd Buchanan is the jailer at PCJ. Plaintiff alleged that defendants displayed deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs in violation of the eighth amendment. This...

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