Roberts v. City of Troy

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1985-09-30

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CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff’s decedent David Roberts hanged himself in the defendant City of *722 Troy’s jail. This action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 asserted that David Roberts’ constitutional rights were violated by the failure of defendant Fisher, the Chief of Police of the City of Troy, to promulgate and e…

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