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JOHNSON v. KARNES

No. 03-4200.

398 F.3d 868 (2005)

James M. JOHNSON II; Christie R. Johnson; James M. Johnson III, a minor child by and through his parent, natural guardian, and next friend James M. Johnson II; Jhovan T. Johnson, a minor child by and through his parent, natural guardian, and next friend James M. Johnson II, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jim KARNES, Franklin County Sheriff; Franklin County/Board of County Commissioners; Vincent Spagna, M.D.; EMSA Correctional Care, Inc.; John Does 1-10, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 25, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Kevin J. O'Brien, Thomas F. Martello, Jr., Kevin O'Brien & Associates, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants. Jeffrey Lynn Glasgow, Tracie M. Boyd, Franklin County Prosecutor's Office, Columbus, Ohio, Vincent J. Lodico, Crabbe, Brown & James, LLP, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellees.

Before: MOORE and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges; EDMUNDS, District Judge.

MOORE, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which EDMUNDS, D.J., joined. GIBBONS, J. (pp. 877-79), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant James M. Johnson II ("Johnson") severed several tendons in his right hand immediately prior to his detention in the Franklin County Jail. After his release, Johnson brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Defendants-Appellees Jim Karnes...

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