REYNOLDS v. GREEN

No. 98-1128.

184 F.3d 589 (1999)

Marcellette REYNOLDS, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Stephen Neal, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harry GREEN, Correctional Officer, Detroit Woodward Corrections Center, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Manville (argued and briefed), Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John L. Thurber (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Corrections Division, Lansing, Michigan, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: WELLFORD, NELSON, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.


GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

Marcellette Reynolds, as the personal representative of the estate of her deceased son Stephen Neal, appeals from an adverse jury verdict in a civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The key issue on appeal is whether the district court erred in refusing the request of Reynolds's counsel to correct an erroneous jury instruction in response to questions by the jury after deliberations had begun. Because the error in the instruction...

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