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BURNETTE v. TAYLOR

No. 07-11061.

533 F.3d 1325 (2008)

John BURNETTE, Father of the Decedent John Robert Burnette, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Milton Shane TAYLOR, David A. Batton, Robert Eugene Waters, Michael A. Johnston, Individually and in their capacity as Bacon County Sheriff's Deputies, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 10, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Makowski, Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP, Macon, GA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Robert Curtis Harper, Brunswick, GA, for Burnette.

Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, WILSON, Circuit Judge, and MARTINEZ, District Judge.

EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff filed this action on behalf of his deceased son, John Robert "Buster" Burnette, who died of a drug overdose while in police custody. Plaintiff alleges that Buster died as a result of Defendants' deliberate indifference to a serious medical need in violation of clearly established law.

Milton Shane Taylor ("Deputy Taylor" or "Taylor"), David A. Batten ("Deputy Batten" or "Batten"), Robert Eugene Waters ("Jailer Waters" or...

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