COLEMAN v. PARKMAN

Nos. 03-1611, 03-1733.

349 F.3d 534 (2003)

Bobbie J. COLEMAN, Administratrix of the Estate of Billy Wayne Coleman, Jr., deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dave PARKMAN, St. Francis County Sheriff; Doris Halbert, Chief Jail Administrator, Defendants, Gannen Lee Manthey, Jailer; Hank Leary, Captain, Defendants-Appellants, Henry Thomas, Deputy; John and Jane Does, 1-5, Defendants. Bobbie J. Coleman, Administratrix of the Estate of Billy Wayne Coleman, Jr., deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dave Parkman, St. Francis County Sheriff; Doris Halbert, Chief Jail Administrator, Defendants-Appellees, Gannen Lee Manthey, Jailer; Hank Leary, Captain; Henry Thomas, Deputy; John and Jane Does, 1-5, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: November 12, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Burt Newell, argued, Hot Springs, AR, for Manthey and Leary.

Paul J. James, argued, Little Rock, AR, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Bobbie Coleman.

Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, BEAM, and BYE, Circuit Judges.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Mrs. Bobbie J. Coleman (Mrs. Coleman) sued law-enforcement and prison officials after her son, Billy Wayne Coleman (Coleman), committed suicide in his jail cell. These interlocutory appeals arise from the district court's1 summary judgment rulings on qualified immunity. In No. 03-1611, Gannen Lee Manthey and Hank Leary (appellants) assert the trial judge erred when she denied...

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