WILLIAMS v. LEE COUNTY, ALA.

No. 94-6921.

78 F.3d 491 (1996)

Jimmie Lee WILLIAMS, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of Jimmie Lee Williams, III, Plaintiff-Appellant, Lisa Ponds, as mother and next friend of Travis Lee Ponds, Demetria Lashun Jenkins, as mother and next friend of Duntavious Lamar Jenkins, Plaintiffs, v. LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA, and Herman Chapman, Individually, Defendants-Appellees, Lee County, Alabama Commission, etc., et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Martele Goggans, Montgomery, AL, Mark Wayne Sabel, Montgomery, Alabama, for Appellant.

Daryl L. Masters, Montgomery, AL, for Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, BLACK, Circuit Judge, and GOODWIN, Senior Circuit Judge.


GOODWIN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Jimmie Lee Williams, Jr., appeals the summary judgment in both his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim and his pendant wrongful death claim under Ala.Code § 6-5-410, arising out of the jail suicide of his son. Plaintiff also appeals the dismissal of the decedent's children as parties to the wrongful death action, and the district court's failure to rule on plaintiff's motion to amend the complaint to add new defendants.

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