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TOWNSEND v. JEFFERSON COUNTY

No. 08-15583.

582 F.3d 1252 (2009)

Sherika TOWNSEND, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, as persons under 42 U.S.C. 1983, et al., Defendants-Cross-Defendants, Arlene Chambers, individually and in her capacity as a Jailer for the Jefferson County Jail, Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 11, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Riley, Jr., Keith Jackson, Riley & Jackson, Birmingham, AL, for Chambers.

Gregory J. Reid, Gardendale, AL, for Townsend.

Before CARNES and PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and STAGG, District Judge.

PRYOR, Circuit Judge:

This interlocutory appeal presents the question whether two deputies at a county jail were deliberately indifferent to the serious medical need of a pregnant detainee who had used crack cocaine daily. The undisputed evidence proves that both deputies knew that a nurse at the jail had seen and spoken with the detainee, and it is undisputed that the nurse determined that the detainee's medical need was...

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