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KEITH v. DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA

No. 13-11250.

749 F.3d 1034 (2014)

Nadine KEITH, as Administrator for the Estate of Godfrey Cook, Gary Maddox, Willetta Gray, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DeKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA, et al., Defendants, Thomas Brown, individually as DeKalb County Sheriff, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 23, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keishan J. Davis , Kwame Lateef Townes , Townes Davis & Associates, LLC, Tucker, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Eugene Charles Reed, Jr. , DeKalb County Law Department, Decatur, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before TJOFLAT, WILSON, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

On January 7, 2009, Godfrey Cook, a pretrial detainee, was murdered in the DeKalb County Jail, in Decatur, Georgia, by another pretrial detainee, Saleevan Adan. Eighteen months later, Nadine Keith, the administrator of Cook's estate, and Cook's two adult children brought this action for money damages under both federal and state statutory law against DeKalb County, the DeKalb County District Attorney's office, the former District Attorney and...

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