Legal Opinion
Goebert v. Lee County
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 21, 2007No. 06-10606PublishedCited by 722 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
On November 30, 2001, Michelle Goe-bert, a pregnant inmate in Lee County, Florida, was taken from jail to the hospital because she had been leaking amniotic fluid for eleven days. Two days later her fetus’ heartbeat stopped, doctors induced labor, and the child was stillborn. Goebert filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the county’s sheriff, the jail facility commander, the jail doctor, and the jail’s medical service provider, alleging deliberate indifference to her serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
The district court granted…
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