Home/Case Law/Fourth Circuit/Mary Bracken Polk v. Montgomery County, Maryland Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation of Montgomery County, Maryland Denise Dodson, Individually and as Receiving Officer for at Seven Locks Detention Center, and Montgomery County Police Department Bernard D. Crooke, Individually and as Chief of Police, Montgomery County, Maryland Joseph Beddick, Officer, Montgomery County Police Department Gary B. Blake, Individually and as Director of Montgomery County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Samuel F. Saxton, Individually and as Warden of Seven Locks Detention Center Rosa Lynn, Individually and as Supervising Matron of Seven Locks Detention Center James A. Young, Individually and as Sheriff of Montgomery County, Maryland, Class Denominated Vivian A. Smith, Amicus Curiae. Mary Bracken Polk v. Montgomery County, Maryland Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation of Montgomery County, Maryland Gary B. Blake, Individually and as Director of Montgomery County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Samuel F. Saxton, Individually and as Warden of Seven Locks Detention Center Rosa Lynn, Individually and as Supervising Matron of Seven Locks Detention Center Denise Dodson, Individually and as Receiving Officer for at Seven Locks Detention Center, Class Denominated Vivian A. Smith, Amicus Curiae
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No. 464627
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Mary Bracken Polk v. Montgomery County, Maryland Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation of Montgomery County, Maryland Denise Dodson, Individually and as Receiving Officer for at Seven Locks Detention Center, and Montgomery County Police Department Bernard D. Crooke, Individually and as Chief of Police, Montgomery County, Maryland Joseph Beddick, Officer, Montgomery County Police Department Gary B. Blake, Individually and as Director of Montgomery County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Samuel F. Saxton, Individually and as Warden of Seven Locks Detention Center Rosa Lynn, Individually and as Supervising Matron of Seven Locks Detention Center James A. Young, Individually and as Sheriff of Montgomery County, Maryland, Class Denominated Vivian A. Smith, Amicus Curiae. Mary Bracken Polk v. Montgomery County, Maryland Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation of Montgomery County, Maryland Gary B. Blake, Individually and as Director of Montgomery County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Samuel F. Saxton, Individually and as Warden of Seven Locks Detention Center Rosa Lynn, Individually and as Supervising Matron of Seven Locks Detention Center Denise Dodson, Individually and as Receiving Officer for at Seven Locks Detention Center, Class Denominated Vivian A. Smith, Amicus Curiae
No. 464627 · Decided February 6, 1986
No. 464627·Fourth Circuit · 1986·
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Case Details
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided
February 6, 1986
Citation
No. 464627
Disposition
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Mary Bracken Polk v. Montgomery County, Maryland Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation of Montgomery County, Maryland Denise Dodson, Individually and as Receiving Officer for at Seven Locks Detention Center, and Montgomery County Police Department Bernard D. Crooke, Individually and as Chief of Police, Montgomery County, Maryland Joseph Beddick, Officer, Montgomery County Police Department Gary B. Blake, Individually and as Director of Montgomery County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Samuel F. Saxton, Individually and as Warden of Seven Locks Detention Center Rosa Lynn, Individually and as Supervising Matron of Seven Locks Detention Center James A. Young, Individually and as Sheriff of Montgomery County, Maryland, Class Denominated Vivian A. Smith, Amicus Curiae. Mary Bracken Polk v. Montgomery County, Maryland Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation of Montgomery County, Maryland Gary B. Blake, Individually and as Director of Montgomery County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Samuel F. Saxton, Individually and as Warden of Seven Locks Detention Center Rosa Lynn, Individually and as Supervising Matron of Seven Locks Detention Center Denise Dodson, Individually and as Receiving Officer for at Seven Locks Detention Center, Class Denominated Vivian A. Smith, Amicus Curiae is a decision of the Fourth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
FlawCheck shows no negative treatment for Mary Bracken Polk v. Montgomery County, Maryland Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation of Montgomery County, Maryland Denise Dodson, Individually and as Receiving Officer for at Seven Locks Detention Center, and Montgomery County Police Department Bernard D. Crooke, Individually and as Chief of Police, Montgomery County, Maryland Joseph Beddick, Officer, Montgomery County Police Department Gary B. Blake, Individually and as Director of Montgomery County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Samuel F. Saxton, Individually and as Warden of Seven Locks Detention Center Rosa Lynn, Individually and as Supervising Matron of Seven Locks Detention Center James A. Young, Individually and as Sheriff of Montgomery County, Maryland, Class Denominated Vivian A. Smith, Amicus Curiae. Mary Bracken Polk v. Montgomery County, Maryland Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation of Montgomery County, Maryland Gary B. Blake, Individually and as Director of Montgomery County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Samuel F. Saxton, Individually and as Warden of Seven Locks Detention Center Rosa Lynn, Individually and as Supervising Matron of Seven Locks Detention Center Denise Dodson, Individually and as Receiving Officer for at Seven Locks Detention Center, Class Denominated Vivian A. Smith, Amicus Curiae in the current circuit citation data.
This case was decided on February 6, 1986.
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