Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Upshur County TX
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 30, 2001No. 99-41023, 99-41024PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law suit for damages arising from the death of Michael Thompson (Thompson), a pretrial detainee in the respective jails of Upshur County, Texas, and Marion County, Texas, defendants-appellants Eugene Tefteller (Tefteller), formerly Sheriff of Marion County, R.D. Cross (Cross), Sheriff of Upshur County, and Paula Whorton (Whorton), an Upshur County jailer, appeal the district court’s denial of their motions for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. We reverse as to Tef-teller and Cross, but affirm as to Whorton.
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2Cases cited31 opinions
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