James Edward Phillips v. Jasper County Jail Cabalero Eby Garza Kelly Forsythe Riley Moback Sanchez Sewell Lietz Lyman Carr John Freitas Marney

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · Decided 2006-02-14

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MORRIS ARNOLD, Circuit Judge. After James Phillips fell from the top bunk in his cell at the Jasper County, Missouri, jail, he filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , accusing various jail employees and the jail’s doctor of violating his constitutional rights. The district court denied Mr. Phillips’s requests for appointed counsel. Later in th…

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