Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Roane County, Tenn.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 25, 2008No. 07-5405, 07-5407PublishedCited by 949 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J., joined by Siler, J.,
RYAN, J. (pp. 545-46), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
OPINION
R. GUY COLE, JR., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellee Carolyn Phillips, the representative of Sonya Denise Phillips’s Estate (hereinafter “the Estate”), filed this claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against various governmental officials, alleging that they were deliberately indifferent to Phillips’s serious medical needs. At issue in this case is whether the district court properly denied qualified immunity to the officials. Viewing the facts in the light most favorable to the Estate, we AFFIRM the…
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