Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Okaloosa County
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 3, 1993No. 92-2476PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Per curiam
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Dustin Wade Molbert committed suicide in October 1986, while an inmate in the Okaloosa County, Florida jail. In November 1987, Willie T. Edwards filed suit on behalf of Molbert’s estate and as Molbert’s survivor against Larry Gilbert, individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Okaloosa County, and Leon Blackshear, a corrections officer, individually. Count I of the complaint alleges a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim for violation of Molbert’s rights through deliberate indifference to his special needs as a juvenile in an adult jail. Count II is a pendent state…
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