BURWELL v. CITY OF LANSING, MICHIGAN

No. 20-1505.

7 F.4th 456 (2021)

Samantha BURWELL, as Personal Representative for the Estate of Christopher Phillips, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF LANSING, MICHIGAN, a municipal entity; Sergeant Rodney Christopher Anderson, Detention Officer Lana Hadzajilic Liskiewicz, Detention Officer Brian Leigh Kelley, Detention Officer Melissa Ann Ouderkirk, and Lorrie Jane Ridenour, in their individual and official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 4, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Geoffrey N. Fieger , FIEGER, FIEGER, KENNEY & HARRINGTON, P.C., Southfield, Michigan, for Appellant. Scott L. Mandel , FOSTER SWIFT COLLINS & SMITH PC, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Stephanie L. Arndt , Sima G. Patel , FIEGER, FIEGER, KENNEY & HARRINGTON, P.C., Southfield, Michigan, for Appellant. Scott L. Mandel , Allison M. Collins , FOSTER SWIFT COLLINS & SMITH PC, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees.

Before: GIBBONS, WHITE, and THAPAR, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Christopher Phillips was arrested for driving on a suspended license and booked into the Lansing City Jail. Three hours later he was discovered unconscious in a pool of vomit and pronounced dead of a drug overdose. Although numerous officers were tasked with monitoring Phillips's wellbeing, they...

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