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DEAN v. SMITH

Nos. 4:09CV3144, 4:09CV3146, 4:09CV3147, 4:09CV3148.

805 F.Supp.2d 750 (2011)

James L. DEAN, Plaintiff, v. Richard T. SMITH, et al., Defendants. Kathleen A. Gonzalez, Plaintiff, v. Richard T. Smith, et al., Defendants. Thomas W. Winslow, Plaintiff, v. Richard T. Smith, et al., Defendants. Ada Joann Taylor, Plaintiff, v. Richard T. Smith, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Nebraska.

August 3, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert J. Friedman, Friedman Law Offices, Robert F. Bartle, Jeffry D. Patterson, Bartle, Geier Law Firm, Lincoln, NE, Douglas J. Stratton, Stratton, Delay Law Firm, Norfolk, NE, for Plaintiffs.

Jennifer M. Tomka, Richard L. Boucher, Boucher Law Firm, Patrick T. O'Brien, Butler, Galter Law Firm, Paul L. Douglas, Lincoln, NE, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

RICHARD G. KOPF, District Judge.

I. Introduction

In 1989, the plaintiffs in these four § 1983 actions, James Dean, Kathleen Gonzalez, Thomas Winslow, and Joann Taylor, pleaded guilty or no contest to committing, or else aiding and abetting the commission of, second-degree murder in connection with the 1985 death of Helen Wilson in Beatrice, Nebraska. A fifth criminal co-defendant, Deb Shelden, also entered a plea...

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