JACKSON v. WEST

No. 14-13282.

787 F.3d 1345 (2015)

Vivian JACKSON, Personal Representative of the Estate of Darius Johnell James, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Preston WEST, in his individual capacity, Ronald Burnette, in his individual capacity, Stanley Ross, in his individual capacity, Mark McEwan, in his individual capacity, Michael Forte, in his individual capacity, Joseph Lavertue, in his individual capacity, Donald Thorsberg, in his individual capacity, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 3, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peggy Anne Underbrink , Law Office of Peggy Underbrink, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Linda Levines Winchenbach , John M. Green, Jr. , John M. Green, Jr., PA, Ocala, FL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before MARTIN and ROSENBAUM, Circuit Judges, and COOGLER, District Judge.


This case is about the tragic death, by suicide, of Darius Johnell James while he was in the custody of the Marion County Jail in Ocala, Florida. On October 14, 2007, Mr. James took his own life by hanging himself with a bed sheet. He was 22 years old at the time. Vivian Jackson, Mr. James's mother and the Personal Representative...

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