AGSTER v. MARICOPA COUNTY

No. 04-15466.

422 F.3d 836 (2005)

Carol Ann AGSTER, personal representative of the Estate of Charles J. Agster, III, deceased, and as surviving parent of Charles J. Agster, III; Charles J. Agster, Jr., surviving parent of Charles J. Agster, III, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MARICOPA COUNTY, a public entity; Maricopa County Correctional Health Services, a division of Maricopa County, Defendants-Appellants, and Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, a division of Maricopa County; Joseph M. Arpaio, Sheriff; Betty J. Lewis; John Doe Lewis, husband; Baruch A. Reusch; Jane Doe Reusch, wife; Leah R. Compton; John Doe Compton, husband; Kristine Kemper; James E. Crouch, husband, aka John Doe Kemper; Amanda S. Garrison; John Doe Garrison, husband; Susan E. Fisher; John Doe Fisher, husband; Eric Nulph; Jane Doe Nulph, wife; Katherina Brokschmidt; Charles Brokschmidt, husband, aka John Doe Brokschmidt; Michael C. Wilkins; Kathleen Wilkins, wife, aka Jane Doe Wilkins; Laura Sodeman; John Doe Sodeman, husband, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 29, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Wolver, Phoenix, Arizona, for the defendants-appellants.

Sean B. Berberian, Phoenix, Arizona, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Before NOONAN, THOMAS, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.


NOONAN, Circuit Judge.

The parents and the representative of the estate of Charles J. Agster III (Agster) brought this action against individuals and Maricopa County and Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (collectively, the County) for the death of Agster while in the custody of the County. In this interlocutory appeal, the County challenges the order of the district court compelling production of the mortality review conducted by Correctional Health Services. We hold...

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