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McGUIRE v. TURNBO

No. 96-11125.

137 F.3d 321 (1998)

Rochelle McGUIRE, Individually as Next Friend and on Behalf of the Two Minor Children of Shelia A. Moore, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charles A. TURNBO, Warden, Federal Correctional Institution at Fort Worth; John Doe Sines, Lieutenant at the Federal Correctional Institution at Fort Worth; Freddie Cashan, Correctional Officer at the Federal Correctional Institution at Fort Worth; John Doe Miller, Correctional Officer at the Federal Correctional institution at Fort Worth; John Doe Turner, Correctional Officer at the Federal Correctional Institution at Fort Worth; Jane Doe Reyes, Physician's Assistant at the Federal Correctional Institution at Fort Worth; John Does 1 to 10, Federal Correctional Institution Personnel, in their individual and official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 31, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Roberts, Bellmead, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mattie Nell Peterson Compton, Fort Worth, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, DUHÉ and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

I

Shelia Moore, a federal inmate incarcerated for a narcotics offense, was placed in an Administrative Detention cell for suspicion of taking an unknown substance. Two hours later, she began screaming and threw a nightstand. The attending officer called the prison's hospital for medical assistance. An ambulance took Moore to the hospital where she died the next day of an acute overdose of cocaine.

On December 6, 1991, Rochelle...

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