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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA
AT CHARLESTON


JEANANNE GILCO,

  Plaintiff,

v.         Civil Action No. 2:11-0032

LOGAN COUNTY COMMISSION,
LOGAN COUNTY HOME CONFINEMENT DEPARTMENT,
JOHN REED, and
JOHN DOES I-V,

  Defendants.



MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER
Pending are the motions (1) for summary judgment of defendants Logan County Commission and Logan County Home Confinement Department, filed June 21, 2012; and (2) for summary judgment of defendant John Reed, also filed June 21, 2012.  
In this suit, plaintiff Jeananne Gilco alleges that she was sexually assaulted by defendant John Reed, an officer of the Logan County Home Confinement Department.  Specifically, she claims that on two separate occasions she was forced to administer sexual favors to Reed in order to prevent him from reporting possible violations of her home confinement order.
  
I. Background


In April 2009, Gilco was placed on home confinement as a condition of her bond stemming from a felony murder charge.1 (Gilco Dep. at 18).  Her assigned home confinement officer was Trish Gower, but she alleges to have encountered Reed on several occasions.  Pertinent to this lawsuit, in or about May 2009, Gilco drove to the home confinement office in Logan, West Virginia, and parked in a public garage near the Logan County Courthouse.  Upon exiting her vehicle, she noticed Reed standing between the garage and the home confinement office.  According to Gilco, Reed questioned her about whether she had a license, and when she replied that she did not, he led her back to her vehicle and told her to

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