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Statement of Claim Must Rely Solely on Complaint

Loaded on Nov. 15, 1993 published in Prison Legal News November, 1993, page 4
Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Complaints, Appeals. Location: Kansas.
Scott Swoboda was a jail detainee in Doniphan County, Kansas. He filed suit under § 1983 over numerous conditions of confinement at the county jail. The district court dismissed the suit pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.12(b)(6), concluding that the lawsuit failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.

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