DOLIHITE v. MAUGHON BY AND THROUGH VIDEON

No. 94-6343.

74 F.3d 1027 (1996)

Michael Leroy DOLIHITE, Individually and as Father and Next Friend of David Michael Dolihite; Joyce Mary Dolihite, Individually, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Robert MAUGHON, M.D., Deceased, By and Through Mary Fay VIDEON, as Executrix of the Estate of Robert Maughon, M.D.; Royce G. King, Individually; R. Emmett Poundstone, III, Individually; Anthony R. Dykes, Individually; Bradley Mazick, Individually; Karen Jurls, individually; Andrew McBride, Individually; Chester Jenkins, M.D.; Medical Money Management, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, The Alabama Department of Mental Health; Eufaula Adolescent Center; Neuropsychiatry Associates, P.C.; Medical Management, Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 23, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Keene, Nathan Wayne Simms, Jr., Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A., Montgomery, AL, for Maughon, Jenkins, Medical Money Management.

G.R. "Rick" Trawick, Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Montgomery, AL, for King, Poundstone, Dikes, K. Jurls, McBride.

Philip S. Gidiere, Jr., Carpenter & Gidiere, Montgomery, AL, for Dr. Bradley Mazick.

Kathryn H. Sumrall, Ezra B. Perry, Jr., James S. Ward, Corley, Moncus & Ward, PC, Birmingham, AL, for Michael L. Dolihite.

Fred W. Tyson, Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, Montgomery, AL, for Videon.

Before KRAVITCH, ANDERSON and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

The appellants in this § 1983 action argue that the district court erred in denying them summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity. We affirm the district court's denial of summary judgment as to one of the appellants, Karen Jurls. We reverse the district court's order as to the remaining appellants; we hold that they are entitled to summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds.

On February 17, 1991, the Baldwin County...

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