Legal Opinion
Juana Villegas v. The Metro. Gov't of Nashville
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 4, 2013No. 11-6031PublishedCited by 246 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtClay, J., joined by Gibbons, J.,
WHITE, J. (pp. 581-84), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
*566OPINION
CLAY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Juana Villegas brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming violations of her Eighth Amendment rights (made applicable to pretrial detainees through the Fourteenth Amendment) as a result of her being restrained and shackled prior to and following giving birth while in the custody of law enforcement authorities employed by Defendant Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. On cross-motions for summary judgment, the district court granted summary judgment to Plaintiff as to…
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