Legal Opinion
Walter Melton v. David Abston
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 18, 2016No. 15-11412PublishedCited by 324 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff, Walter Melton (“Melton”), appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants, Sheriff David Abston (“Sheriff Abston”), Deputy Debra Abston (“Deputy Abston”), Chief Deputy Greg Carr (“Chief Deputy Carr”), Deputy Tyler Booth (“Deputy Booth”), Deputy David Ellis (“Deputy Ellis”), Dr. Manly Sullivan (“Dr. Sullivan”), Nurse Tanya Ray (“Nurse Ray”) and Dr. H. Leslie Fowler (“Dr, Fowler”), in Melton’s action brought -under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Melton, formerly a pretrial detainee, asserts that the district judge erred in concluding that the facts, viewed in the…
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