TROUPE v. SARASOTA COUNTY, FLA.

Nos. 04-10550, 04-10563.

419 F.3d 1160 (2005)

Dianne TROUPE, as Personal Representative, for the Estate of Ricardo Robinson, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA, a Florida municipal corporation and a political subdivision of the State of Florida, Geoffrey Monge, individually and in his official capacity as the former Sheriff of Sarasota County, Florida, et al., Defendants-Appellees, William F. Balkwill, in his official capacity as the Sheriff of Sarasota County, Florida, Kevin L. Gooding, individually and in his official capacity as a Sarasota County, Florida Deputy Sheriff, Timothy L. Bauer, individually and in his official capacity as a Sarasota County, Florida Deputy Sheriff, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants. Leon Waiters, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. Sarasota County, Florida, a Florida municipal corporation and a political subdivision of the State of Florida, Geoffrey Monge, individually and in his official capacity as the former Sheriff of Sarasota County, Florida, Sarasota County Sheriff's Department, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, Defendants-Appellees, William F. Balkwill, in his official capacity as the Sheriff of Sarasota County, Florida, Kevin L. Gooding, individually and in his official capacity as a Sarasota County, Florida Deputy Sheriff, Timothy L. Bauer, individually and in his official capacity as a Sarasota County, Florida Deputy Sheriff, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 3, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Lawrence Wallach, Roderick V. Hannah, Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Troupe and Walters.

William Matthew Rossi, Miami, FL, Frederick Joseph Elbrecht, Nelson, Hesse, Cyril, Smith, Widman, Herb, Causey & Dooley, P.A., Nevin Alan Weiner, Nevin A. Weiner, P.A., Sarasota, FL, for Defendants.

Before TJOFLAT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and LIMBAUGH, District Judge.


KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

In two cases, consolidated on appeal, Plaintiff-Appellant Dianne Troupe, as personal representative for the estate of Ricardo Robinson, deceased, and Plaintiff-Appellant, Leon Waiters, Jr. (collectively "the plaintiffs") appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Sarasota County, Sheriff Geoffrey Monge, Sheriff William F. Balkwill, Deputy Kevin L. Gooding, and Deputy Timothy L. Bauer (collectively "the defendants") in...

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