Dowdy v. Prison Health Services

ORDER

Margaret Dowdy appeals through counsel the dismissal of her civil rights complaint, filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as to the defendant Prison Health Services. The parties have waived oral argument, and this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not necessary in this case. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a).

Dowdy’s son died while held as a pretrial detainee in a Davidson County, Tennessee jail, in November of 1996. On December 13, 1996, Dowdy filed a complaint against four deputy sheriffs and the metropolitan government, alleging excessive use of force and deliberate indifference to…