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Ex Parte Sawyer

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided September 5, 2003No. 1020897PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Kathy Sawyer, the commissioner of the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, filed this petition for a writ of mandamus directing Judge Charles Price to grant her motion for a summary judgment, dismissing all state-law claims against her on the basis of State-agent immunity and the § 1983 claim against her on the basis of qualified immunity.

In September 1999, Edna Moseley, a resident at the Mary Starke Harper Geriatric Center at Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa, was injured when she was attacked by another patient. Joyce Marsh, in her capacity as Edna Moseley's guardian, sued…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Ex Parte CranmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 2000
  2. Ed Rich v. Larry C. DollarCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
  3. Ex Parte ButtsSupreme Court of Alabama · 2000
  4. Ex Parte RizkSupreme Court of Alabama · 2000
  5. Ex Parte PurvisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1996

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Ex Parte Madison County Bd. of EducationSupreme Court of Alabama · 2008
  2. Fred V. ex rel. J.V. v. Miss Emma's Day Care HomeSupreme Court of Alabama · 2006
  3. Tubbs v. City of GreensboroSupreme Court of Alabama · 2006
  4. Moseley Groc. v. State Dept. of Pub. HealthCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2005
  5. A.S. ex rel. J.S. v. ReavesSupreme Court of Alabama · 2008

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