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TURQUITT v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALA.

No. 96-6333.

137 F.3d 1285 (1998)

Susan W. TURQUITT, as administratrix of the estate of Phillip Edward Turquitt, deceased, Plaintiff, Isom E. Turquitt, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, Defendant-Appellant, Melvin Bailey, Sheriff of Jefferson County, Alabama, individually and in his official capacity, Jim McCreless, Chief Jailer of Jefferson County, Alabama, individually and in his official capacity, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 25, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Sewell, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellant.

James W. Webb, Kendrick E. Webb, Bart Harmon, Webb & Eley, P.C., Montgomery, AL, for Amicus Curiae.

Wendy Brooks Crew, Baddley & Crew, Terry McElheny, Birmingham, AL, for Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT, ANDERSON, EDMONDSON, COX, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CARNES, BARKETT and HULL, Circuit Judges.

DUBINA, Circuit Judge:

We took this case on an interlocutory appeal to decide whether an Alabama county can be held liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for injuries befalling a county jail inmate arising from the sheriff's management of the jail. For the reasons outlined below, we hold that it cannot.

I. BACKGROUND

On July 29, 1995, while he was a pre-trial detainee in the county jail of Jefferson County, Alabama, Philip Turquitt ("Turquitt...

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