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MODERWELL v. CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO

No. 20-3879.

997 F.3d 653 (2021)

Marie MODERWELL, Administrator of the Estate of Larry C. Johnson, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO, et al., Defendants, Armond D. Budish; Clifford Pinkney; George Taylor; Brandy Carney; Joseph Johnston; Ronald Channell; Anter Miller; Kurt Emerson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 12, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Brendan D. Healy , CUYAHOGA COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellants. Meaghan VerGow , Ashley Robertson , O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP, Washington, D.C., Steven J. Olson , O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP, Los Angeles, California, Thomas D. Robenalt , ROBENALT LAW FIRM, Westlake, Ohio, Samuel Weiss , RIGHTS BEHIND BARS, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Before: COLE, CLAY, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

On June 29, 2018, Larry Johnson, a pretrial detainee at the Cuyahoga County Correctional Center ("CCCC"), hanged himself. Marie Moderwell, the administrator of Johnson's estate, filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against twenty-one defendants. After answering the Amended Complaint, four CCCC correctional...

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