Legal Opinion
Larry M. Leach v. Shelby County Sheriff and Mayor of Shelby County, Tennessee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 8, 1990No. 87-6141PublishedCited by 622 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENGEL, Senior Circuit Judge.
The Mayor and Sheriff of Shelby County, Tennessee appeal a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee awarding Larry M. Leach $10,000 damages on Leach’s claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that the Mayor and Sheriff, in their official capacities, 1 violated Leach’s eighth amendment rights through their deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs while he was incarcerated in the Shelby County Jail.
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In 1982, Leach, shot by his victim while committing a rape, was paralyzed from his chest down. He was treated in various local…
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