EX PARTE DAVIS

1970535.

721 So.2d 685 (1998)

Ex parte Warden Leoneal DAVIS and Deputy Warden Charles Boutwell. (In re Leola PINKNEY, as administratrix of the estate of inmate Donald L. Williams v. Leoneal DAVIS and Charles Boutwell).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen Leonard, asst. atty. gen., Department of Corrections, for petitioner.

Jill T. Karle of Karle & Green, L.L.C., Alabaster, for respondent.


LYONS, Justice.

Leoneal Davis, as warden of the Draper Correctional Facility, and Charles Boutwell, as deputy warden of that facility, are defendants in an action pending in the Montgomery Circuit Court. They petition for a writ of mandamus directing that court to enter a summary judgment in their favor, based upon their defenses of absolute sovereign immunity and/or discretionary-function immunity. We grant their petition.

I.

Leola Pinkney, as administratrix...

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