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PIAZZA v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA

No. 18-10487.

923 F.3d 947 (2019)

Anthony PIAZZA, as personal representative of the Estate of Ricky DeAngelo Hinkle, deceased, Plaintiff, Nyreekis Jarnell Hunter, as personal representative of the Estate of Ricky DeAngelo Hinkle, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, an Alabama county, individually, et al., Defendants, Mike Hale, Ron Eddings, Habimana Dukuzumuremyi, each individually, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 9, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Todd Wheeles , Matthew Gregory Garmon , Jeremy L. Knowles , Morris Haynes Wheeles Knowles & Nelson, Birmingham, AL, Thomas E. James , Law Offices of Tommy James, Birmingham, AL, Anthony J. Piazza , Anthony Piazza, PC, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

John G. Dana , Gordon Dana & Gilmore, LLC, Birmingham, AL, James E. Murrill , Keith Jackson , Jeremiah M. Mosley , Robert R. Riley, Jr. , Riley & Jackson, PC, Birmingham, AL, for Defendants-Appellants MIKE HALE, RON EDDINGS, HABIMANA DUKUZUMUREMYI.

Horace Cecil Ireland, III , Porterfield Harper Mills Motlow & Ireland, PA, Birmingham, AL, for Defendants-Appellants ADVANCED CORRECTIONAL HEALTHCARE, INC., DAVID HICKS, KAREN FOWLER, TYKIE JILL MORGAN, JANE MOORE, TAMIKO COLE.

Before TJOFLAT, NEWSOM, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

Ricky Hinkle died in the Birmingham City Jail after being shocked with a taser, twice. Hinkle's son, Nyreekis Hunter, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging several claims on his behalf, including, as relevant here, (1) an excessive-force claim against Deputy Habimana Dukuzumuremyi and (2) supervisory-liability...

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