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COCKRELL v. SPARKS

No. 07-10984.

510 F.3d 1307 (2007)

Thomas G. COCKRELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert S. SPARKS, Sheriff, Polk County, Georgia, Jail Corporal Kenyon Bellew, Sergeant Henry King, III., Defendants-Appellees, Kevin Redden, Deputy Sheriff, Polk County, Georgia, Individually and in his official capacity, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 20, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Satcher, Jr., James A. Satcher, Jr., P.C., Rome, GA, for Cockrell.

Kristina Hammer Blum, Terry Williams & Associates, Lawrenceville, GA, for Sparks.

Before BIRCH, CARNES and COX, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defendant, Deputy Henry King, on Thomas Cockrell's excessive force claim against King in his individual capacity.

I.

On the evening of October 2, 2004, Cockrell was arrested for public drunkenness and placed in the Polk County Jail's "drunk tank."1 While Cockrell was there, an inmate in another cell attempted suicide. Jail policy...

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