SANDERFER v. NICHOLS

No. 94-1368.

62 F.3d 151 (1995)

Brenda J. SANDERFER, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Tony Clayton, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John F. NICHOLS, Individually and in his own capacity as Oakland County Sheriff, Defendant, Nancy Jansen, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1995.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied September 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brunetta Brandy, Detroit, MI, James W. McGinnis (argued and briefed), Detroit, MI, for plaintiff-appellee.

John H. Dise, Jr., G. Gus Morris (argued and briefed), Dise & Gurewitz, Detroit, MI, for defendants.

Before: MILBURN and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges; TODD, District Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied September 15, 1995.

BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Nancy Jansen, appeals the district court's denial of her summary judgment motion based on qualified immunity. The plaintiff's decedent, Tony Clayton, died while in the Oakland County, Michigan, jail and the plaintiff brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against defendants Oakland County, John Nichols, individually and as Sheriff of Oakland...

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