Burt v. Hennessey

929 F.2d 457 Benton D. BURT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael HENNESSEY, Sheriff of San Francisco County; William W. Davis, Under-Sheriff of S.F. County; Osuna, Ch. Dep. Sheriff; Pisciotta, Sheriff Sg.; Randy Darr, Attorney for Prisoner's Services for the San Francisco County Sheriff's Department, Defendants-Appellees. No. 86-2651. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 13, 1991. * Decided March 21, 1991. Benton D. Burt, San Francisco, Cal., in pro. per. David A. Donner, Deputy City Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before GOODWIN, TANG and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge: 1 Benton Burt, while a pretrial detainee in the San Francisco County Jail, sued the Sheriff and others under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 , alleging that he was confined under illegal and unconstitutional conditions. After a bench trial, the district court concluded that Burt had been subjected to punishment in violation of his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth amendments and awarded Burt $500 in damages. He appeals the denial of his cost bill as well as the parsimonious…