ESTATE OF CUMMINGS v. DAVENPORT

No. 17-13999.

906 F.3d 934 (2018)

The ESTATE OF Marquette F. CUMMINGS Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carter DAVENPORT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 2, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Aaron Bailey , Megan Nicole Garcia , Justin Alexander Mitchell , The Revill Law Firm, BIRMINGHAM, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Bart Gregory Harmon , Elizabeth Sees , Alabama Department of Corrections, Legal Division, MONTGOMERY, AL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before WILLIAM PRYOR, MARTIN, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.


This interlocutory appeal of the partial denial of Carter Davenport's motion to dismiss the amended complaint by the estate of Marquette F. Cummings Jr. requires us to decide whether Davenport, a prison warden, satisfied his threshold burden of establishing entitlement to qualified immunity. Cummings, a prisoner, was...

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