Wimmer v. Cook

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · Decided 1985-09-19

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DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge. This action involves the construction of the Magistrate Act of 1968, as revised in 1976 and 1979. The issue arises in connection with a pro se suit filed by the plaintiff, a pre-trial detainee, challenging under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , the conditions under which he was detained in the Wyoming (West Virginia) jail as violative of his constitutional rights…

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