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LeFRERE v. QUEZADA

No. 09-10024.

588 F.3d 1317 (2009)

Suzanne LeFRERE, Personal Representative of the Estate of Ross Paul Yates, deceased, Elaine Garner, Personal Representative of the Estate of Ross Paul Yates, deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jorge QUEZADA, Defendant-Appellant, Baldwin County Commission, James B. Johnson, Steve Arthur, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tracy P. Turner, Johnstone Adams, Mobile, AL, for Quezada.

Thomas E. James, Morris, Haynes & Mornsby, Birmingham, AL, for LeFrere.

Kristi Allen McDonald, McDonald & McDonald, Birmingham, AL, for Amicus Curiae Ass'n of Cty. Com'ns of AL.

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

CARNES, Circuit Judge:

We recently issued an opinion certifying to the Alabama Supreme Court this question of state law: "Are jailers, like sheriffs and their deputies, absolutely immune from state claims for money damages based on actions taken within the scope of their employment?" LeFrere v. Quezada, 582 F.3d 1260, 1269 (11th Cir.2009). We did so because we needed to know whether...

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