Legal Opinion
Bonny Edward Taylor v. Henry P. Hughes
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 3, 2019No. 17-14772PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILMAN, Circuit Judge:
*731 Almus Taylor died from internal bleeding after being kept in a jail holding cell overnight. Bonny Edward Taylor, Almus's father and the Administrator of Almus's estate, sued the jail guards under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Alabama state law, alleging that they were deliberately indifferent to Almus's serious medical needs. The district court dismissed Bonny's claims because of qualified immunity, state-agent immunity, and Alabama Code § 14-6-1.
This appeal raises two questions: (1) whether qualified immunity shields the guards from Bonny's deliberate-indifference claim based…
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