Nancy Roell v. Hamilton Cty. Bd. of Comm'rs

GILMAN, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which COOK, J., joined. ■ MOORE, J. (pp. 490-94), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

Gary Roell, who suffered from chronic mental illness, caused a disturbance at his neighbor’s condominium while experiencing a condition known as excited delirium. Hamilton County sheriffs deputies arrived to find Roell half-naked, muttering unintelligibly, and standing next to a broken window holding a hose and the remnants of a hanging plant. While attempting to subdue Roell,' the deputies physically struggled with…