Legal Opinion
Everson v. Leis
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 20, 2009No. 07-4461PublishedCited by 1,129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.
This interlocutory appeal presents several interesting jurisdictional twists. The Plaintiff, Kevin Everson, suffers from epilepsy. He sued multiple defendants, including Hamilton County Sheriff Simon Leis and Deputy Sheriff Albert Wittich, Jr., for their purported unlawful treatment of him during and after a seizure he suffered in 2003. Sheriff Leis and Deputy Sheriff Wittich moved for summary judgment on various grounds, including qualified immunity. Rather than address the merits of the motion, the district court held it in abeyance and ordered that discovery…
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