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BELCHER v. CITY OF FOLEY, ALA.

Nos. 93-6654, 93-6704.

30 F.3d 1390 (1994)

Sharon Ann BELCHER, as Administratrix of the Estate of Rocky L. Belcher, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The CITY OF FOLEY, ALABAMA, Defendant, James Anderson; Officer Jimmy Roberson; Charles McKinley; Dwain Riebeling, Defendants-Appellants. Sharon Ann BELCHER, as Administratrix of the Estate of Rocky L. Belcher, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The CITY OF FOLEY, ALABAMA; James Anderson; Officer Jimmy Roberson; Defendants, Charles McKinley, Defendant-Appellant, Dwain Riebeling, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 2, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helen J. Alford, William Wasden, Mobile, AL, for Dwain Riebeling.

Carroll H. Sullivan, W. Pemble Deashmet, Mobile, AL, for Jimmy Roberson.

Alex L. Holtsford, Jr., Montgomery, AL, for James Anderson.

Glenda G. Cochran, Sandra L. Vinik, Birmingham, AL, for Sharon Ann Belcher.

D. Scott Wright, Weyman W. McCrainie, Jr., Mobile, AL, for Charles McKinley.

Before EDMONDSON and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

CARNES, Circuit Judge:

Rocky L. Belcher committed suicide slightly more than two hours after he was arrested and placed in jail at the Foley, Alabama, police station. Mr. Belcher's mother, Sharon Ann Belcher, acting as the administratrix of her son's estate, sued the City of Foley, Foley's Chief of Police, and three Foley police officers, alleging claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Alabama's wrongful death statute, Ala.Code Ann. § 6-5-410 (1993). The individual...

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