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EDWARDS v. OKALOOSA COUNTY

No. 92-2476.

5 F.3d 1431 (1993)

Willie T. EDWARDS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Dustin Wade Molbert, on behalf of the Estate and on behalf of the Survivor, Willie T. Edwards, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OKALOOSA COUNTY, Defendant, Larry Gilbert, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Sheriff of Okaloosa County and Leon Blackshear, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 3, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall C. Berg, Jr., Peter M. Siegel, Florida Justice Institute, Inc., Miami, FL, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Julius F. Parker, Jr., Tallahassee, FL, for defendants-appellees.

Before COX and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Dustin Wade Molbert committed suicide in October 1986, while an inmate in the Okaloosa County, Florida jail. In November 1987, Willie T. Edwards filed suit on behalf of Molbert's estate and as Molbert's survivor against Larry Gilbert, individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Okaloosa County, and Leon Blackshear, a corrections officer, individually. Count I of the complaint alleges a 42 U.S.C. §...

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