PRICE v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KENTUCKY

No. 21-6076.

72 F.4th 711 (2023)

Lisa PRICE, Personal Representative of the Estate of Nickie Miller, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KENTUCKY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 5, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Debra Loevy , LOEVY & LOEVY, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellant. Lynn Sowards Zellen , KINKEAD & STILZ, PLLC, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellees Montgomery County, Fred Shortridge, Ralph Charles, Jr., Mark Collier, and Eric Jones. Michael R. Wajda , OFFICE OF THE KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee Keith Craycraft. Brenn O. Combs , KENTUCKY STATE POLICE, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee John Fyffe. ON BRIEF: Debra Loevy, Elliot Slosar , Amy Robinson Staples , Margaret E. Campbell , LOEVY & LOEVY, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellant. Lynn Sowards Zellen, D. Barry Stilz , KINKEAD & STILZ, PLLC, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellees Montgomery County, Fred Shortridge, Ralph Charles, Jr., Mark Collier, and Eric Jones. Michael R. Wajda, Matthew F. Kuhn , OFFICE OF THE KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee Keith Craycraft. Brenn O. Combs, KENTUCKY STATE POLICE, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee John Fyffe.

READLER, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which SILER, J., joined. NALBANDIAN, J. (pp. 726-35), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and in the judgment.


OPINION

Paul Brewer was found blindfolded and tied to his bed with two bullet holes in him. Brewer's death went unexplained for years, until Natasha Martin confessed to being part of a scheme to rob Brewer in his home. According to Martin, Nickie Miller and others...

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