Legal Opinion
Johney Finn v. Warren County, Kentucky
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 16, 2014No. 13-6629PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STRANCH, Circuit Judge.
Shannon Ray Finn died in his cell at the Warren County Regional Jail in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on March 20, 2009, during the course of alcohol withdrawal. Johney E. Finn, as administrator of Finn’s estate, and Sandra Roddy, as guardian of Finn’s three minor children, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Warren County, Warren County Regional Jailer Jackie Strode, six deputy jailers, Southern Health Partners, Inc. (SHP), SHP Medical Director Dr. John Adams, and two SHP nurses. The plaintiffs asserted a violation of Finn’s Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment…
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