ESTATE OF CARTER v. CITY OF DETROIT

No. 04-1005.

408 F.3d 305 (2005)

ESTATE OF Tori CARTER; Brenda Chambers, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF DETROIT, et al., Defendants, Donald Hollins, Lieutenant, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 27, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Mark W. Peyser, Timmis & Inman, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant. Jana H. Sibson, Pinckney, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Mark W. Peyser, Karen A. Chopra, Timmis & Inman, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant. Jana H. Sibson, Pinckney, Michigan, for Appellees.

Before: BOGGS, Chief Judge; ROGERS, Circuit Judge; SHADUR, District Judge.


OPINION

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Lieutenant Donald Hollins appeals the district court's denial of his motion for summary judgment based on a claim of qualified immunity. Plaintiff, the Estate of Tori Carter, sued the City of Detroit and several Detroit police officers, including Hollins, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Decedent Carter had suffered a heart attack while in police custody as a pre-trial detainee, and was pronounced dead on arrival at the...

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