Jenkins v. Dekalb County

ORDER

THRASH, District Judge.

This is a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action that arises out of the death of a DeKalb County Jail inmate. It is before the Court on the Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel [Doc. 83].

I. BACKGROUND

Hoyt Jenkins was a 71 year old inmate locked up in the DeKalb County Jail. He was found dead in his jail cell on July 7, 2004. Jenkins had a history of mental illness, and according to the Plaintiffs, his illness manifested itself in the form of physical violence and verbal outbursts. These outbursts often included racial epithets. The Plaintiffs argue that Jenkins’s mental illness was…