Estate of Harvey Ex Rel. Dent v. Roanoke City Sheriff's Office

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GLEN E. CONRAD, District Judge.

On the night of Saturday, February 4, 2006, Hezekiah Harvey was arrested and taken to the Roanoke City Jail. Three days later, Harvey was transported from the jail to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, where he went into cardiac arrest and died on February 9, 2006. Alice Ann Dent, Harvey’s sister and the administrator of his estate (“the plaintiff’), subsequently filed this civil rights action asserting a variety of claims under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, and 1986 and Virginia law. The case is presently before the court on the motion for summary…