HARDIN v. HAYES

No. 90-7818.

957 F.2d 845 (1992)

Josephine HARDIN, individually and as administratrix of the Estate of Edie L. Houseal, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James HAYES, Sheriff of Etowah County; John Raley; John Morris, Defendants-Appellants, Marion T. Smith; Billy Ray McKee, Commissioner of Etowah County; Jesse F. Burns, Commissioner of Etowah County; W.A. Lutes, Commissioner of Etowah County; Lawrence Presley; Billy Ray Williams; City of Gadsden, a Municipal Corporation, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 9, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius F. Parker, Jennifer Parker LaVia, Parker, Skelding, Labasky & Corry, Tallahassee, Fla., Roger W. Kirby, City Atty., Gadsden, Ala., for Morris.

Don G. DeCoudres, Birmingham, Ala., for Hayes & Raley.

Robert M. Shipman, Earl D. McNeal, Huntsville, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ANDERSON and DUBINA, Circuit Judges and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


DUBINA, Circuit Judge:

The appellants in this case appeal the district court's order denying their motions for summary judgment based upon the doctrine of qualified immunity. This action was brought under 42 U.S.C. § 19831 by Josephine Hardin ("Hardin"), the personal representative of the estate of Edie L. Houseal (the "Decedent"), an Alabama prison inmate who died while incarcerated. Hardin alleges the appellants' deliberate indifference...

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