Edward E. Westlake v. William Lucas, Sheriff of Wayne County

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1976-07-29

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CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from the dismissal of an action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 (1970), by a former inmate at the Wayne County Jail who claims that his constitutional rights were violated when prison authorities denied him medical treatment for a bleeding ulcer. The original complaint was filed pro…

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