VAUGHN v. GREENE COUNTY, ARK.

Nos. 04-3916, 04-4068.

438 F.3d 845 (2006)

Susan VAUGHN, Personal Representative of the Estate of Phil Edward Blount, Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. GREENE COUNTY, ARKANSAS; Dan Langston, Individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Greene County, Arkansas, Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason E. Owens, argued, Little Rock, AR (Michael R. Rainwater, on the brief), for appellants.

Lawrence W. Jackson, West Memphis, AR (Kent J. Rubens, on the brief), for appellee.

Before RILEY, JOHN R. GIBSON, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.


RILEY, Circuit Judge.

Susan Vaughn (Vaughn) brought this civil rights action against Greene County, Arkansas (Greene County); Greene County Sheriff Dan Langston (Sheriff Langston); and ten unnamed officers and employees of the Greene County Sheriff's Department to recover damages related to the in-custody death of her brother, Phil Edward Blount (Blount). The defendants moved for summary judgment, with Sheriff Langston also moving for summary judgment on the basis...

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